USITC Staff Report: Quartz Surfaces from India and Turkey staff report USITC | Page 9

Effective date
May 1, 2020
May 7, 2020
May 28, 2020
June 10, 2020
Action
Certain Quartz Surface Products From the Republic of Turkey:
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Final
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part (85
FR 25400)
Commission’s closing remarks
Scheduled date for the Commission’s vote
Scheduled date for Commission’s views
Statutory criteria
Section 771(7)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the “Act”) (19 U.S.C. § 1677(7)(B)) provides
that in making its determinations of injury to an industry in the United States, the Commission‐‐
shall consider (I) the volume of imports of the subject merchandise, (II) the
effect of imports of that merchandise on prices in the United States for
domestic like products, and (III) the impact of imports of such
merchandise on domestic producers of domestic like products, but only in
the context of production operations within the United States; and. . .
may consider such other economic factors as are relevant to the
determination regarding whether there is material injury by reason of
imports.
Section 771(7)(C) of the Act (19 U.S.C. § 1677(7)(C)) further provides that‐‐ 4
In evaluating the volume of imports of merchandise, the Commission shall
consider whether the volume of imports of the merchandise, or any
increase in that volume, either in absolute terms or relative to production
or consumption in the United States is significant.. . .In evaluating the
effect of imports of such merchandise on prices, the Commission shall
consider whether. . .(I) there has been significant price underselling by the
imported merchandise as compared with the price of domestic like
products of the United States, and (II) the effect of imports of such
merchandise otherwise depresses prices to a significant degree or
prevents price increases, which otherwise would have occurred, to a
significant degree.. . . In examining the impact required to be considered
under subparagraph (B)(i)(III), the Commission shall evaluate (within the
context of the business cycle and conditions of competition that are
distinctive to the affected industry) all relevant economic factors which
have a bearing on the state of the industry in the United States, including,
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Amended by PL 114‐27 (as signed, June 29, 2015), Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015.
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