| General Information | |
| Title: | 2. How will reviews proceed? |
| When: Five-year reviews of all antidumping and countervailing duty orders that were issued prior to 1995 (known as "transition" reviews) were initiated by the Department of Commerce beginning in July 1998 and completed by both Commerce and the Commission in February 2001, several months prior to the statutory deadline of June 2001. Five-year reviews of all antidumping and countervailing duty orders that have been issued since January 1, 1995, including those resulting from affirmative determinations in transition reviews, will be initiated by Commerce by no later than 30 days prior to their five-year anniversary. A list of all orders currently in place, by either country or date of order, is presented below in General Information item 7; a summary of the disposition of completed reviews and the schedule for initiating future reviews is presented in item 6. Following Commerce’s initiation of each five-year review, the Commission will set its schedule for the review and publish this information in a Federal Register notice. The notice in each review will be posted on this site. Duration: The Commission usually will complete five-year reviews within 360 days of initiation. However, if interested party responses to the Commission's notice of institution are inadequate, the Commission can make an expedited determination within 150 days. Both Commerce and the Commission have the authority to extend these deadlines by up to 90 days in all transition reviews and other extraordinarily complicated cases. Finding: In five-year reviews, the Commission determines whether revocation of the antidumping or countervailing duty order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to the U.S. industry. If the Commission’s determination is affirmative, the order will remain in place. If the Commission’s determination is negative, the order will be revoked. |