CCS Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties 2

Question 1

What is a countervailing duty (CVD) designed to offset?

Accepted Answer

Foreign government subsidies that give imported goods an unfair price advantage

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Dumping of merchandise at below-market prices by foreign producers

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Currency devaluation by foreign governments affecting export competitiveness

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Tariff barriers imposed by foreign countries on U.S. exports

Question 2

Which of the following would most likely qualify as a countervailable subsidy in a CVD investigation?

Accepted Answer

A foreign government providing below-market-rate loans to an exporter

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A foreign company's internal cost-reduction efficiency program

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A foreign country's lower labor costs compared to the United States

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Tax rates that differ between countries due to each country's domestic tax policy

Question 3

What is a 'sunset review' in the context of anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders?

Accepted Answer

A five-year review to determine whether revoking an order would lead to recurrence of dumping or injury

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An annual review of all AD/CVD cash deposit rates for all exporters

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A review triggered when sunset provisions in bilateral trade agreements expire

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A periodic review of the exporting country's declining or sunset industry policies

Question 4

What is an 'administrative review' in the anti-dumping duty process?

Accepted Answer

An annual review by DOC to determine actual dumping margins for specific exporters and set final duty assessments

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A judicial review of AD orders by the U.S. Court of International Trade

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A CBP review of collection procedures and bond sufficiency for AD duties

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A review conducted automatically whenever a new foreign exporter enters the U.S. market

Question 5

What does 'de minimis' mean in the context of anti-dumping duty investigations?

Accepted Answer

A dumping margin below 2% which is treated as zero and results in no AD duty order

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A very small share of total imports from a country of origin

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The minimum total import value required to trigger a formal AD investigation

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The smallest subsidy amount that can be countervailed under CVD law

Question 6

What rate applies to exporters who were not individually investigated in an AD proceeding and are not named respondents in the order?

Accepted Answer

The 'all others' rate, typically a weighted average of individually examined respondents' rates

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Zero percent, since they were not found individually to be dumping

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The highest rate calculated for any individually examined respondent

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A country-wide single rate applied uniformly to every exporter from that country

Question 7

Under U.S. AD/CVD law, what legal standard for 'material injury' must the USITC find to support an order?

Accepted Answer

Harm to a domestic industry that is more than inconsequential, immaterial, or unimportant

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Any measurable decrease in domestic production attributable to subject imports

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A documented decline in domestic market share of at least 10 percentage points

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Closure of at least one domestic manufacturing facility directly caused by subject imports