ITC May Review AGOA Commercial Availability & AD/CV Injury in Reg Review
The International Trade Commission is seeking comments on a preliminary version of a plan for the retrospective analysis of its existing regulations. Among other things, the ITC is considering reviewing its regulations for commercial availability requests under AGOA, injury determinations in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations, etc.
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Comments are due by November 25, 2011.
EO Says to Review Significant Rules for Possible Modification, Expansion, Repeal
The plan is in response to Executive Order 13579 of July 11, 2011, which called on independent agencies to develop a plan under which they will periodically review their significant regulations to determine whether any should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed to make their regulatory program more effective or less burdensome in achieving its regulatory objectives. (See ITT's Online Archives 11071229 for summary of EO 13579.)
Considering Repealing AGOA Regs, Reviewing AD/CV Injury Regs and Adjudication, Etc.
The ITC has preliminarily identified the following aspects of its existing rules for review over the next two years:
Possible repeal of AGOA commercial availability regs. The ITC intends to review its regulations addressing investigations with respect to the commercial availability of textile fabric and yarn in Sub-Saharan African countries, to assess whether these regulations can be repealed, in light of the repeal of section 112(c)(2) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), which required the ITC to make determinations with respect to the commercial availability and use of regional textile fabric or yarn in lesser developed beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries in the production of apparel articles receiving U.S. preferential treatment under AGOA.
General review of AD/CV injury, adjudication, etc. The agency plans to conduct a general review of existing regulations in 19 CFR parts 207 on investigations of whether injury to domestic industries results from imports sold at less than fair value or from subsidized exports to the U.S.; 210 on adjudication and enforcement in investigations of unfair practices in import trade, and 201 on rules of general application.
(The ITC also intends to review for possible modification its regulations under 19 CFR Parts 200 on employee responsibilities and conduct and Part 201 Subpart F on national security information.)
ITC contact - Peter L. Sultan (202) 205-3094
(FR Pub 10/25/11)