WORLD TRADE G/SG/N/6/USA/4
21October 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-4599)
Original: English Committee onSafeguards
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 12.1(A) OFTHE
AGREEMENT ONSAFEGUARDS ONINITIATION OF
ANINVESTIGATION AND THE REASONS FOR IT
UNITED STATES
Thefollowing communication, dated 17October 1997, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheUnited States.
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Pursuant toArticle 12.1(a) oftheWTO Agreement onSafeguards, andinlightoftheformat
fornotificationsundertheAgreementonSafeguardsadoptedbytheCommitteeonSafeguards(G/SG/N/6,
7February 1995), theUnited States notifies thatitscompetent authorities haveinitiated asafeguards
proceeding, asfollows:
1. Dateinvestigation wasinitiated
1October 1997.
2. Product subject toinvestigation
Wheat gluten, provided forinsubheadings 1109.00.10 and1109.00.90 oftheHarmonized
Tariff Schedule oftheUnited States.
3. Reasons fortheinitiation
Theinvestigation wasinitiated onthebasisofapetition filedonbehalf ofthedomestic industry,
andontheinformation andevidence contained therein. Acopyofthenotice ofinstitution andscheduling
ofaninvestigation isbeing submitted together withthisnotification. Acopyofthepetition willalso
besubmitted totheCommittee separately. These documents willbeavailable intheWTO Secretariat
forinspection bygovernment representatives.G/SG/N/6/USA/4
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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
Investigation No.TA-201-67
WHEAT GLUTEN
Agency
United States International Trade Commission.
Action
Institution andscheduling ofaninvestigation under section 202oftheTrade Actof1974
(19U.S.C. §2252) (theAct).
Summary
Following receipt ofapetition filedon19September 1997, onbehalf oftheWheat Gluten
Industry Council, theCommission instituted investigation No.TA-201-67 under section 202ofthe
Acttodetermine whether wheat gluten, provided forinsubheadings 1109.00.10 and1109.00.90 of
theHarmonized Tariff Schedule oftheUnited States, isbeing imported intotheUnited States insuch
increased quantities astobeasubstantial cause ofserious injury, orthethreat thereof, tothedomestic
industry producing anarticle likeordirectly competitive withtheimported article.
Forfurther information concerning theconduct ofthisinvestigation, hearing procedures, and
rules ofgeneral application, consult theCommission ’sRules ofPractice andProcedure, part201,
subparts Athrough E(19CFRpart201), andpart206,subparts AandB(19CFRpart206), asamended
by61FR37818, 22July1996.
Effective date
19September 1997.
Forfurther information contact
ElizabethHaines(202-205-3200),OfficeofInvestigations,USInternationalTradeCommission,
500EStreet SW,Washington, DC20436. Hearing-impaired persons canobtain information onthis
matter bycontacting theCommission ’sTDD terminal on202-205-1810. Persons withmobility
impairments whowillneedspecial assistance ingaining access totheCommission should contact the
Office oftheSecretary at202-205-2000. General information concerning theCommission mayalso
beobtained byaccessing itsinternet server (http://www.usitc.gov orftp://ftp.usitc.gov ).
Supplementary information
Participation intheinvestigation andservice list
Persons wishing toparticipate intheinvestigation asparties mustfileanentry ofappearance
withtheSecretary totheCommission, asprovided insection 201.11 oftheCommission ’srules,
notlaterthan21daysafterpublication ofthisnotice intheFederal Register .TheSecretary
willprepare aservice listcontaining thenames andaddresses ofallpersons, ortheir
representatives, whoareparties tothisinvestigation upontheexpiration oftheperiod forfiling
entries ofappearance.G/SG/N/6/USA/4
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Limited disclosure ofconfidential business information (CBI) under anadministrative protective
order (APO) andCBIservice list
Pursuant tosection 206.17 oftheCommission ’srules, theSecretary willmake CBIgathered
inthisinvestigation available toauthorized applicants under theAPOissued intheinvestigation,
provided thattheapplication ismade notlaterthan21daysafterthepublication ofthisnotice
intheFederal Register .Aseparate service listwillbemaintained bytheSecretary forthose
parties authorized toreceive CBIunder theAPO.
Hearings oninjury andremedy
TheCommission hasscheduled separate hearings inconnection withtheinjury andremedy
phases ofthisinvestigation. Thehearing oninjury willbeheldbeginning at9.30a.m.on
16December 1997, attheUSInternational Trade Commission Building. Intheevent that
theCommission makes anaffirmative injury determination orisequally divided onthequestion
ofinjury inthisinvestigation, ahearing onthequestion ofremedy willbeheldbeginning at
9.30a.m.on10February 1998. Requests toappear atthehearings should befiledinwriting
withtheSecretary totheCommission onorbefore 5December 1997, and30January 1998,
respectively. Allpersons desiring toappear atthehearings andmake oralpresentations should
attend prehearing conferences tobeheldat9.30a.m.on9December 1997and3February 1998,
respectively, attheUSInternational Trade Commission Building. Oraltestimony andwritten
materials tobesubmitted atthehearing aregoverned bysections 201.6(b)(2) and201.13(f)
oftheCommission ’srules. Parties mustsubmit anyrequest topresent aportion oftheirhearing
testimony incamera nolaterthanseven daysprior tothedateofthehearing.
Written submissions
Each party isencouraged tosubmit aprehearing brieftotheCommission. Thedeadline for
filing prehearing briefs oninjury is10December 1997; thatforfiling prehearing briefs on
remedy,includinganycommitmentspursuantto19U.S.C.§2252(a)(6)(B),is3February1998.
Parties mayalsofileposthearing briefs. Thedeadline forfiling posthearing briefs oninjury
is23December 1997; thatforfiling posthearing briefs onremedy is18February 1998. In
addition, anyperson whohasnotentered anappearance asaparty totheinvestigation may
submit awritten statement ofinformation pertinent totheconsideration ofinjury onorbefore
23December1997,andpertinenttotheconsiderationofremedyonorbefore18February1998.
Allwritten submissions mustconform withtheprovisions ofsection 201.8 oftheCommission ’s
rules; anysubmissions thatcontain confidential business information mustalsoconform with
therequirements ofsection 201.6 oftheCommission ’srules.
Inaccordance withsection 201.16(c) oftheCommission ’srules, eachdocument filedbya
party totheinvestigation mustbeserved onallother parties totheinvestigation (asidentified
bytheservice list),andacertificate ofservice mustbetimely filed. TheSecretary willnot
accept adocument forfiling without acertificate ofservice.
Authority
Thisinvestigation isbeing conducted under theauthority ofsection 202oftheTrade Actof
1974; thisnotice ispublished pursuant tosection 206.3 oftheCommission ’srules.
Byorder oftheCommission.
Donna R.Koehnke
Secretary
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