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The Domestic Industry Is Seriously Injured Under the Safeguards Standard...... 36 |
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Significant Idling of Production Facilities( 19 C. F. R. § 206.14( e)( 1)( i))........ 36 |
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Inability of a Significant Number of Domestic Producers to Carry Out |
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Domestic Production at a Reasonable Level of Profit( 19 C. F. R. § | ||
206.14( e)( 1)( ii))................................................................................................ 38 | ||
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Significant Unemployment or Underemployment in the Domestic Industry |
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( 19 C. F. R. § 206.14( e)( 1)( iii)).......................................................................... 39 | ||
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The Domestic Industry Is Threatened with Further Serious Injury...................... 40 |
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Decline in Sales and / or Market Share( 19 C. F. R. § 206.14( e)( 2)( i))............... 40 |
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Downward Trend in Production( 19 C. F. R. § 206.14( e)( 2)( i))........................ 41 |
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Declining Profits and Productivity( 19 C. F. R. § 206.14( e)( 2)( i)).................... 41 |
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Declines in Employment and Wages( 19 C. F. R. § 206.14( e)( 2)( i))................ 42 |
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A higher and growing inventory( 19 C. F. R. § 206.14( e)( 2)( i))....................... 42 |
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Inability to Generate Capital for Investment and Research and Development |
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( 19 C. F. R. § 206.14( e)( 2)( ii))........................................................................... 42 | ||
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Exports Are Driven to the U. S. Market( 19 C. F. R. § 206.14( e)( 2)( iii)).......... 43 |
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Changes in Levels of Prices, Production, and Productivity( 19 C. F. R. |
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§ 206.14( e)( 3)).................................................................................................. 43 | ||
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Conclusion on Injury............................................................................................. 46 |
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VI. IMPORTS OF QSP ARE A SUBSTANTIAL CAUSE OF SERIOUS INJURY, OR | ||
THREAT THEREOF, TO THE DOMESTIC INDUSTRY.......................................... 46 | ||
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Legal Framework.................................................................................................. 46 |
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B. |
Conditions of Competition.................................................................................... 47 |
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Demand Conditions.......................................................................................... 48 |
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Supply Conditions............................................................................................ 50 |
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Substitutability.................................................................................................. 52 |
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Imports Are a Substantial Cause of Serious Injury and Threat of Serious |
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Injury to Domestic Producers............................................................................... 53 | ||
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Imports Have Captured Sales and Market Share at the Direct Expense of the |
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Domestic Industry............................................................................................ 54 | ||
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Imports Have Undersold Domestically Produced QSP by Substantial Margins |
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Imports Are the Most Important Factor Causing Serious Injury to the |
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Domestic Industry............................................................................................ 56 | ||
VII. RELIEF SOUGHT AND PURPOSE THEREOF( 19 C. F. R. § 206.14( g))...................... 57 | ||