International Trade Commission Reports

Administration of trade disputes in the United States is handled by a number of different agencies. In the case of antidumping and countervailing duty cases, the ITC is responsible for determining the extent of "material injury" to US firms resulting from imports, as well as conducting Sunset Reviews and China safeguard investigations. The International Trade Administration, part of the Department of Commerce, is responsible for determining if dumping (export subsidies) has occurred and, if so, how much the antidumping duty (countervailing duty) should be.

The ITC reports can be found on the main floor of the Clapp Library, with call numbers beginning with Docs SuDocs ITC 1.12.... These are textual reports with economic commentary; some are preliminary and some are final. Both the preliminary and final reports of a trade dispute have the same call number and are filed together. While the reports have labels indicating that they do not circulate, you may borrow the paper reports until May 1. You can also find online versions of the ITC's preliminary and final reports, as well as other documents like questionnaires, Federal Register notices and minutes from hearings related to recent cases by clicking here.

The reports listed under Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations, Sunset Reviews and China Safeguard Investigations have been pulled from the shelves and placed in a dedicated carrel for this course, carrel #10 on the second floor of Clapp library. The lists are updated as of February 7, 2007. More reports may have been added.

For all Sunset Reviews and in some other instances, a commodity involved in a trade dispute may previously have petitioned the ITC for relief. It can be instructive to search for the earlier report and see how the arguments used by the domestic industry either have changed or have remained the same. Clapp Library has the entire collection of ITC reports, both final and preliminary, available on Microfiche. You may choose to search in microfiche if a certain report is not available in paper copy. The microfiche room is located in between the microfilm isle to the left of the lecture room on the first floor of Clapp. The same call numbers are applied for both paper copies and microfiche. Rather than printing an entire report, it is preferable to view it on microfiche and then print the relevant pages.

If you have trouble locating a report, please ask a reference librarian for assistance.

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