U.S. extends antidumping duties on Chinese persulfates
U.S. extends antidumping duties on Chinese persulfates
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. trade panel voted Monday to extend antidumping duties on persulfates from China after the third five-year review of the measures imposed initially in 1997.
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) voted against revoking the existing duty orders on persulfates from China, saying it "would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time."
The U.S. Commerce Department is required to remove an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the department and the USITC vote against it, according to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
The United States initially issued antidumping duty orders on imports of persulfates from China in 1997 and agreed to keep the existing duties for over a decade following the first five-year review in 2002 and the second five-year review in 2008.
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February 24, 2014
News Release 14-020
Inv. No. 731-TA-749 (Third Review)
Contact: Peg O'Laughlin, 202-205-1819
USITC MAKES DETERMINATION IN FIVE-YEAR (SUNSET) REVIEW CONCERNING PERSULFATES FROM CHINA
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty order on persulfates from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
As a result of the Commission's affirmative determination, the existing order on imports of this product from China will remain in place.
All six Commissioners voted in the affirmative.
Today's action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. See the attached page for background on this five-year (sunset) review.
The Commission's public report Persulfates from China (Inv. No. 731-TA-749 (Third Review), USITC Publication 4456, March 2014) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the reviews.
Copies may be requested after March 31, 2014, by emailing pubrequest@usitc.gov, calling 202-205-2000, or writing to the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Requests may be made by fax at 202-205-2104.
http://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2014/er0224mm1.htm