The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to conduct full five-year (sunset) reviews concerning the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on stainless steel sheet and strip from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
As a result of the votes, the ITC will conduct full reviews to determine whether revocation of the orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
With respect to Korea, all six Commissioners concluded that both the domestic and respondent group responses were adequate and voted for full reviews. With respect to Taiwan, all six Commissioners concluded that the domestic group response was adequate and the respondent group response was inadequate, but that circumstances warranted a full review. With respect to Japan, Chairman Irving A. Williamson, Vice Chairman David S. Johanson, and Commissioners Dean A. Pinkert, Meredith M. Broadbent, and Rhonda K. Schmidtlein concluded that the domestic group response was adequate and the respondent group response was inadequate, but that circumstances warranted a full review; Commissioner F. Scott Kieff concluded that both the domestic and the respondent group responses were adequate and voted for a full review.