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ITC to Conduct Sunset Review of Structural Steel Beams Orders

08/08/2005 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) voted to conduct full five-year sunset reviews for countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders on structural steel beams from Japan and Korea.

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) voted to conduct full five-year sunset reviews for countervailing duty and antidumping duty orders on structural steel beams from Japan and Korea.

The Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires the Department of Commerce to revoke an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the Department of Commerce and the ITC determine that revoking the order or terminating the suspension agreement would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidies (Commerce) and of material injury (ITC) within a reasonably foreseeable time.

With respect to Korea, Chairman Stephen Koplan, Vice Chairman Deanna Tanner Okun, and Commissioners Jennifer A. Hillman, Charlotte R. Lane, and Daniel R. Pearson concluded that both the domestic group response and the respondent group responses were adequate and voted for full reviews. With respect to Japan, Chairman Koplan, Vice Chairman Okun, and Commissioners Hillman, Lane, and Pearson concluded that the domestic group response was adequate and the respondent group responses were inadequate, but that circumstances warranted full reviews. Commissioner Marcia E. Miller did not participate in the reviews.

The Commission will now conduct full reviews to determine whether revocation of these orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.