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S 1868 99th Congress Senate Foreign Trade and International Finance Communist countries Dumping Foreign Trade and Investments Import restrictions Imports

A bill to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to establish procedures for determining dumping by nonmarket economy countries.

Introduced: November 20, 1985 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 1986
Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.
Nov 25, 1985
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, International Trade Commission, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, Treasury Department, State Department, Commerce Department.
Nov 20, 1985
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nov 20, 1985
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to change the method of dealing with dumping from nonmarket economy countries. Requires the foreign market value of merchandise to be the trade-weighted average price at which the merchandise or similar merchandise produced by eligible market economy producers is sold in the United States if: (1) the merchandise under investigation is exported from a nonmarket economy country; and (2) the administering authority finds that the foreign market value of the merchandise cannot be accurately determined under the usual method because information provided by such country is not verifiable or is insufficient. Requires the foreign market value, if a trade-weighted average price is not available, to be the price at which the merchandise or similar merchandise produced by an eligible market economy producers is sold in the United States. Requires the foreign market value, if there are no eligible market economy producers, to be the constructed value of the merchandise or similar merchandise produced in any country other than a nonmarket economy country.

Defines "nonmarket economy country" generally to be a country which appears on a list prepared annually by the administering authority who designates such countries. Defines an "eligible market economy producer" to be a foreign producer who: (1) produces merchandise that is the subject of a dumping investigation or any similar merchandise in a country that is not a nonmarket economy country; (2) exports the merchandise or similar merchandise to the United States; and (3) is not subject to an antidumping or countervailing duty order against the merchandise or similar merchandise.

What's happening now May 15, 1986

Subcommittee on International Trade. Hearings held.

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