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ITC to Uphold Duties for Clad Steel Plate

02/23/2007 - Feb. 23, 2007 — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced it would uphold the existing antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from Japan.

Feb. 23, 2007 — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced it would uphold the existing antidumping duty order on clad steel plate from Japan.

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.

The decision follows the Department of Commerce's recent affirmative finding, and the Commission’s subsequent determination that revoking the existing antidumping duty order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

Chairman Daniel R. Pearson, Vice Chairman Shara L. Aranoff, and Commissioners Deanna Tanner Okun and Charlotte R. Lane voted in the affirmative. Commissioners Jennifer A. Hillman and Irving A. Williamson did not participate in this vote.

This action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.