What factors are considered by the Commission in determining the existence of a threat of material injury?

09/05/2024 03:43 - 79 Views

- a significant rate of increase in the importation of the dumped/subsidized product into the domestic market indicating the likelihood of substantially increased importations;

- sufficient freely disposable, or an imminent, substantial increase in, production capacity of the foreign exporter indicating the likelihood of substantially increased dumped/subsidized exports in the domestic market, taking into account the availability of other export markets to absorb any additional exports;

- whether dumped/subsidized products are entering at prices that will have a significantly depressing or suppressing effect on domestic prices, and will likely increase demand for further importation of the dumped/subsidized products; and

- inventories of the product being investigated.

An additional factor to be taken into account in countervailing investigation is the nature of the subsidy in question and the trade effects likely to arise therefrom