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SACCHARIN FROM CHINA: The ITC has given notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-1013 (Final) under section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 [...]

DURUM AND WHEAT FROM CANADA: The International Trade Commission has initiated countervailing duty and antidumping investigations of durum and hard red spring wheat from Canada. These investigations are being instituted [...]

Big steel users suggest that long-term contracts with major suppliers--and, possibly, use of other materials--will help them to hold down costs if recent government actions end up restricting steel imports [...]

SPRING GRAPES FROM CHILE AND MEXICO: The International Trade Administration initiated an antidumping duty investigation to determine whether imports of spring table grapes from Chile and Mexico are being, or [...]

Great Eastern Mussel Farms has petitioned the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Commerce to place a tariff on blue mussels imported from Canada. The Maine company [...]

U.S. Commerce Dept. officials affirmed the unfair trade complaint filed by stainless bar producers against six countries, setting in process investigations of dumping and subsidization of those products. The countries [...]

USEC, the uranium enrichment company, has asked the US government and the International Trade Commission to investigate allegations that European companies are flooding the US uranium market with products at [...]

Iraq renews oil-for-food deal The Iraqi government has renewed the oil-for-food deal with the UN that allows Iraq to sell limited amounts of oil on the condition that proceeds are [...]

A long-expected antidumping petition regarding apple juice concentrate imports from China has finally surfaced. At the request of five U.S. apple juice processors, the International Trade Commission will be investigating [...]

The antidumping petitions targeting six of the world's largest shrimp-farming countries moved another step forward last month, increasing the likelihood that tariffs will be placed on nearly three-quarters of total [...]

Charging that 'massive' dumping margins on South Korean radial passenger tires are the 'principal cause of the tire industry's floundering prices declining profits,' five American tire manufacturers have petitioned the [...]

The International Trade Commission must reach a preliminary determination in its antidumping investigation of imported preserved mushrooms from China, Chile, India and Indonesia by February 20 - 45 days after [...]

FMC Corp alleges that China is dumping persulfates in the US. The International Trade Commission unanimously agreed with FMC in a preliminary investigation of the matter, which has resulted in the continuation of the investigation by the Dept of Commerce. Importers Aceto Corp and ICC Chemical Corp deny dumping any persulfates, and claim that FMC's loss of market share is due to a fire the company suffered at its persulfate plant in Tonawanda, NY.

Rhone-Poulenc Inc's Specialty Chemicals Div petitioned the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to investigate whether imported Chinese coumarin is priced unfairly and damaging the US market. Rhone-Poulenc is the sole US producer of coumarin, with over 60% market share, while Chinese imports make up the rest. The company sells coumarin at $8 to $8.80 per pound, as of Jan 1994, while Chinese coumarin sells for about $6.75 per pound. Several coumarin importers reported that they would challenge Rhone-Poulenc's action.

The U.S. International Trade Commission concluded in its preliminary investigation that there is enough evidence of dumping of malleable iron pipe fittings by the People's Republic of China to commence [...]