The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that terminating the suspended investigation on imports of lemon juice from Argentina 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 suspension agreement concerning imports of this product from Argentina will remain in place.
Chairman David S. Johanson and Commissioners Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Jason E. Kearns, and Randolph J. Stayin voted in the affirmative. Commissioner Amy A. Karpel did not participate in the vote for this review.
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 this five-year (sunset) review.
The Commission’s public report Lemon Juice from Argentina (Inv. No. 731-TA-1105, Second Review), USITC Publication 5344, August 2022) will contain the views of the Commission and information developed during the review.
The report will be available by September 26, 2022; 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. Read More→ https://www.usitc.gov/press_room/news_release/2022/er0810ll1970.htm
