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WORLD TRADE G/ADP/Q1/USA/3
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ORGANIZATION 1October 1997
(97-4105)
Original: English Committee onAnti-Dumping Practices
Committee onSubsidies andCountervailing Measures
NOTIFICATION OFLAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER
ARTICLES 18.5AND 32.6OFTHE AGREEMENTS
Questions from KOREA
totheUNITED STATES1
Thefollowing communication, dated 15September 1997, hasbeenreceived fromtheKorean
Mission .
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Q.1. CFR353.2(j) stipulates thedefinition ofdomestic industry as"theproducers intheUnited States
collectively ofthelikeproduct."
Areproducersofintermediategoodsorcomponentpartsofthelikeproductsincludedindomestic
industry forthepurpose ofdetermining injury?
Q.2. Section751(b)(1)oftheTariffActof1930,asamendedbytheURAA,providesthataninterested
partymayrequestreviewsoffinalaffirmativeanti-dumpingorderswheretheinformationshowschanged
circumstances sufficient towarrant areview ofsuchdetermination.
What constitutes "changed circumstances towarrant areview ofanti-dumping order"?
Q.3. CFR 353.25 enumerates theconditions ofrevocation ofanti-dumping orders. Oneofthose
conditions is:"Itisnotlikely thatthose persons willinthefuture sellthemerchandise atlessthan
foreign market value" (CFR 353.25(a)(1)(ii), (a)(2)(ii)).
What isthestandard usedbytheDOC todetermine whether aperson islikely ornotlikely
tosellatlessthanfairvalue?
Q.4. According toCFR353.25(b), aninterested party mayrequest theSecretary inwriting torevoke
ananti-dumping order during thethirdandsubsequent annual anniversary months ofthepublication
ofanorder orsuspension ofinvestigation (thecalendar month inwhich theanniversary ofthedate
ofpublication oftheorder orsuspension occurs).
What arethereasons andunderlying rationale thattherequest should bemade onlyduring
thethirdandsubsequent annual anniversary months ofthepublication ofanorder?
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Ifthatrequest issubmitted later, itwillberejected. Thisseems tobeinconflict withthespirit
oftheWTO Agreements, inparticular, withArticle 11.2oftheA-DAgreement, because theinterested
parties 'righttorequest thereview isunduly limited. What istheopinion oftheUSconcerning this
issue?