Chairman Lynn M. Bragg, Vice Chairman Marcia E. Miller, and Commissioners Stephen Koplan and Deanna Tanner Okun voted in the affirmative with respect to imports of large diameter carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan and small diameter carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan and South Africa. The Commerce Department previously made an affirmative critical circumstances determination with respect to imports of certain small diameter seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Japan and South Africa. Therefore, the Commissioners who made affirmative determinations today are required to determine whether those imports are likely to undermine seriously the remedial effect of the antidumping duty order Commerce will issue. The Commission made a negative determination concerning critical circumstances with respect to these imports. May 4, 2000.
Japan is subject to investigation with respect to large diameter pipe.