Commerce, ITC Consider Ending AD/CV Duties on Mushrooms, Crepe Paper, Etc.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission are beginning five-year sunset reviews of antidumping duty orders on chloropicrin from China (A-570-002), crepe paper from China (A-570-895), diamond sawblades from China (A-570-900), and preserved mushrooms from China, Chile, India and Indonesia (A-570-851, A-337-804, A-533-813, A-560-802), the ITC said in notices published in the Aug. 3 Federal Register.
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The Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA) requires that AD and CV duty orders be revoked after sunset reviews held every five years unless it's found that revocation would likely lead to both (1) a continuation or recurrence of dumping or a countervailable subsidy and (2) material injury to a U.S. industry within a reasonably foreseeable time. As a result, a negative determination either by Commerce with respect to (1) or by the ITC with respect to (2) results in a revocation of the AD or CV duty order(s).
In a notice released Aug. 3, Commerce said domestic interested parties (as defined in certain sections of the Tariff Act of 1930 and 19 CFR 351.102(b)) wishing to participate in the sunset reviews must respond by filing a notice of intent to participate by 15 days after the publication of this notice, i.e., on or about Aug. 19.
If it does not receive a notice of intent to participate from at least one domestic interested party by the deadline, Commerce will automatically revoke the AD/CV duty order(s) without further review. However, if it does receive an order-specific notice of intent to participate from a domestic interested party, then all parties wishing to participate in the sunset reviews must file complete substantive responses not later than 30 days after publication of this notice, i.e., on or about Sept. 3.
The ITC said interested parties must respond to its notices by Sept. 2. The ITC said it will assess the adequacy of interested party responses to the notices of institution to determine whether to conduct full or expedited reviews. The ITC added that comments on the adequacy of responses may be filed by Oct. 16.