News Release 24-060
Inv. No(s). 731-TA-1374-1376
Contact: Jennifer Andberg, 202-205-1819
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that revoking the existing antidumping duty orders on Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium, Colombia, and Thailand would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
As a result of the Commission’s affirmative determination, the existing orders on imports of these products from Belgium, Colombia, and Thailand will remain in place.
Chair Amy A. Karpel and Commissioners David S. Johanson, Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, and Jason E. Kearns voted in the affirmative.
Today’s action comes under the five-year (sunset) review process required by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. See the attached page for background on these five-year (sunset) reviews.
The Commission’s public report Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium, Colombia, And Thailand (Inv. No. 731-TA-1374 -1376 (Review), USITC Publication 5524, July 2024) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the review.
The report will be available by August 1, 2024; when available, it may be accessed on the USITC website at: https://www.usitc.gov/commission_publications_library.
BACKGROUND
The Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires the Department of Commerce to revoke an antidumping or countervailing duty order, or terminate a suspension agreement, after five years unless the Department of Commerce and the USITC determine that revoking the order or terminating the suspension agreement would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping or subsidies (Commerce) and of material injury (USITC) within a reasonably foreseeable time.
The Commission’s institution notice in five-year reviews requests that interested parties file responses with the Commission concerning the likely effects of revoking the order under review as well as other information. Generally within 95 days from institution, the Commission will determine whether the responses it has received reflect an adequate or inadequate level of interest in a full review. If responses to the USITC’s notice of institution are adequate, or if other circumstances warrant a full review, the Commission conducts a full review, which includes a public hearing and issuance of questionnaires.
The Commission generally does not hold a hearing or conduct further investigative activities in expedited reviews. Commissioners base their injury determination in expedited reviews on the facts available, including the Commission’s prior injury and review determinations, responses received to its notice of institution, data collected by staff in connection with the reviews, and information provided by the Department of Commerce.
The five-year (sunset) review concerning Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Belgium, Colombia, And Thailand was instituted on June 1, 2023.
On September 5, 2023, the Commission determined to conduct full five-year reviews. Chairman David S. Johanson and Commissioners Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Jason E. Kearns, Randolph J. Stayin, and Amy A. Karpel concluded that the domestic interested party group response was adequate. For imports of the product from Belgium, the Commission determined that the respondent interested party group responses were adequate. For imports from Columbia and Thailand, the Commission determined that the respondent interested party group responses were inadequate. The Commission, however, determined to conduct full reviews of the orders on CACCS from Colombia and Thailand in order to promote administrative efficiency in light of the Commission’s determination to conduct a full review of the order on CACCS from Belgium.
A record of the Commission’s vote to conduct a full review is available from the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436. Requests may be made by telephone by calling 202-205-1802.