June 14, 2006 — The U.S. International Trade Commission will uphold an existing antidumping duty order on imports of tin- and chromium-coated steel sheet from Japan. The decision follows the Commission’s determination that revoking the order on would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

All six Commissioners voted in the affirmative, finding that revoking the existing order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

This action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. The five-year sunset review concerning Tin- and Chromium-Coated Steel Sheet from Japan was instituted on July 1, 2005, and the Commission voted to conduct a full review on October 4, 2005. All six Commissioners concluded that both the domestic and the respondent group responses were adequate and voted for a full review.