§ 1673h. Establishment of product categories for short life cycle merchandise
(a)
Establishment of product categories
(1)
Petitions
(A)
In general
An eligible domestic entity may file a petition with the Commission requesting that a product category be established with respect to short life cycle merchandise at any time after the merchandise becomes the subject of 2 or more affirmative dumping determinations.
(B)
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A petition filed under subparagraph (A) shall—
(i)
identify the short life cycle merchandise that is the subject of the affirmative dumping determinations,
(ii)
specify the short life cycle merchandise that the petitioner seeks to have included in the same product category as the merchandise that is subject to the affirmative dumping determinations,
(2)
Determinations on sufficiency of petition
Upon receiving a petition under paragraph (1), the Commission shall—
(3)
Notice; hearings
If the determinations under paragraph (2)(B) are affirmative, the Commission shall—
(4)
Determinations
(A)
In general
By no later than the date that is 90 days after the date on which a petition is filed under paragraph (1), the Commission shall determine the scope of the product category into which the short life cycle merchandise that is the subject of the affirmative dumping determinations identified in such petition shall be classified for purposes of this section.
(B)
Modifications not requested by petition
(i)
In general
The Commission may, on its own initiative, make a determination modifying the scope of any product category established under subparagraph (A) at any time.
(b)
Definitions
For purposes of this section—
(1)
Eligible domestic entity
The term “eligible domestic entity” means a manufacturer or producer in the United States, or a certified union or recognized union or group of workers which is representative of an industry in the United States, that manufactures or produces short life cycle merchandise that is—
(2)
Affirmative dumping determination
The term “affirmative dumping determination” means—
(A)
any affirmative final determination made by the administering authority under section
1673d
(a) of this title during the 8-year period preceding the filing of the petition under this section that results in the issuance of an antidumping duty order under section
1673e of this title which requires the deposit of estimated antidumping duties at a rate of not less than 15 percent ad valorem, or
(B)
any affirmative preliminary determination that—
(i)
is made by the administering authority under section
1673b
(b) of this title during the 8-year period preceding the filing of the petition under this section in the course of an investigation for which no final determination is made under section
1673d of this title by reason of a suspension of the investigation under section
1673c of this title, and
(3)
Subject of affirmative dumping determination
(A)
In general
Short life cycle merchandise of a manufacturer shall be treated as being the subject of an affirmative dumping determination only if the administering authority—
(B)
Exclusion
Short life cycle merchandise of a manufacturer shall not be treated as being the subject of an affirmative dumping determination if—
(i)
such merchandise of the manufacturer is part of a group of merchandise to which the administering authority assigns (in lieu of making separate determinations described in subparagraph (A)(i)(I)) an amount determined to be the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise in such group exceeds the export price (or the constructed export price) of the merchandise in such group, and
(4)
Short life cycle merchandise
The term “short life cycle merchandise” means any product that the Commission determines is likely to become outmoded within 4 years, by reason of technological advances, after the product is commercially available. For purposes of this paragraph, the term “outmoded” refers to a kind of style that is no longer state-of-the-art.
(c)
Transitional rules
(1)
For purposes of this section and section
1673b
(b)(1)(B) and (C) of this title, all affirmative dumping determinations described in subsection (b)(2)(A) of this section that were made after December 31, 1980, and before August 23, 1988, and all affirmative dumping determinations described in subsection (b)(2)(B) of this section that were made after December 31, 1984, and before August 23, 1988, with respect to each category of short life cycle merchandise of the same manufacturer shall be treated as one affirmative dumping determination with respect to that category for that manufacturer which was made on the date on which the latest of such determinations was made.