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115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7015 
To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide for the treatment 
of core seasonal industries affected by antidumping or countervailing 
duty investigations, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 2, 2018 
Mr. CURBELO of Florida (for himself, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, and Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 to provide 
for the treatment of core seasonal industries affected 
by antidumping or countervailing duty investigations, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Agricultural Trade Im-
provement Act of 2018’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) CORE SEASONAL INDUSTRY.—Section 771 of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(37) CORE SEASONAL INDUSTRY.—The term 
‘core seasonal industry’ means the producers— 
‘‘(A) of a domestic like product that is a 
raw agricultural product, 
‘‘(B) whose collective output of the domes-
tic like product constitutes a majority of the 
total production of the domestic like product in 
any State or group of States that accounts for 
a major portion of the total production of the 
domestic like product during any discrete sea-
son or cyclical period of time that concludes not 
later than 8 weeks after the date in which the 
product is harvested, and 
‘‘(C) that make substantially all of their 
sales of the domestic like product during the 
season or cyclical period of time described in 
subparagraph (B).’’. 
(b) INDUSTRY.—Section 771 of the Tariff Act of 
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(4)(A)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘ ‘industry’ means the pro-
ducers’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘ ‘industry’ 
means— 
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‘‘(i) the producers’’; 
(2) by striking the end period and inserting ‘‘, 
or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) a core seasonal industry.’’. 
(c) INTERESTED PARTY.—Section 771 of the Tariff 
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1677(9)(E)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘association a majority’’ and in-
serting the following: ‘‘association— 
‘‘(i) except as provided in clause (ii), 
a majority’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘States,’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a proceeding under 
this title involving a core seasonal industry, 
whose members constitute not less than 80 
percent of the core seasonal industry,’’. 
SEC. 3. IMPROVEMENTS TO COUNTERVAILING DUTY PRO-
CEDURES FOR CORE SEASONAL INDUSTRIES. 
(a) DETERMINATION OF INDUSTRY SUPPORT.—Sec-
tion 702(c)(4) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1671a(c)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
subclauses (I) and (II), and by moving such 
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subclauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the 
right; 
(B) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘behalf of the industry, if—’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘behalf of— 
‘‘(i) an industry (other than a core 
seasonal industry), if—’’; 
(C) in subclause (II), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) a core seasonal industry, if the 
domestic producers or workers who sup-
port the petition account for at least 50 
percent of the total production of the do-
mestic like product in any State or group 
of States that accounts for at least 50 per-
cent of total production of the domestic 
like product during the season or cyclical 
period of time specified in the petition, de-
termined by averaging production over the 
3 seasons or cyclical periods of time pre-
ceding the filing of the petition.’’; 
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(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting ‘‘(dur-
ing the season or cyclical period of time specified in 
the petition, if applicable)’’ after ‘‘their interests as 
domestic producers’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (D), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘support’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘domestic like product’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘industry support in accordance with subpara-
graph (A)’’. 
(b) SUSPENSION OF INVESTIGATIONS FOR EXTRAOR-
DINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—Section 704(c)(4)(A)(i) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671c(c)(4)(A)(i)) is 
amended 
by 
inserting 
‘‘(as 
defined 
in 
section 
771(4)(A)(i))’’ after ‘‘domestic industry’’. 
(c) EFFECT OF FINAL DETERMINATIONS.—Section 
705(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1671d(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘, and’’ 
and inserting a comma; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) in cases involving a countervailable 
subsidy that affects a core seasonal industry 
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solely during a specific season or cyclical period 
of time, the administering authority shall limit 
the application of any rate determined under 
subparagraph (B) to that season or cyclical pe-
riod of time, and’’. 
SEC. 4. IMPROVEMENTS TO ANTIDUMPING DUTY PROCE-
DURES FOR CORE SEASONAL INDUSTRIES. 
(a) DETERMINATION OF INDUSTRY SUPPORT.—Sec-
tion 732(c)(4) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1673a(c)(4)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
subclauses (I) and (II), and by moving such 
subclauses, as so redesignated, 2 ems to the 
right; 
(B) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
as redesignated by subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing ‘‘behalf of the industry, if—’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘behalf of— 
‘‘(i) an industry (other than a core 
seasonal industry), if—’’; 
(C) in subclause (II), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (A), by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(ii) a core seasonal industry, if the 
domestic producers or workers who sup-
port the petition account for at least 50 
percent of the total production of the do-
mestic like product in any State or group 
of States that accounts for at least 50 per-
cent of total production of the domestic 
like product during the season or cyclical 
period of time specified in the petition, de-
termined by averaging production over the 
3 seasons or cyclical periods of time pre-
ceding the filing of the petition.’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i), by inserting ‘‘(dur-
ing the season or cyclical period of time specified in 
the petition, if applicable)’’ after ‘‘their interests as 
domestic producers’’; and 
(3) in subparagraph (D), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘support’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘domestic like product’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘industry support in accordance with subpara-
graph (A)’’. 
(b) SUSPENSION OF INVESTIGATIONS FOR EXTRAOR-
DINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—Section 734(c)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1673c(c)(2)(A)(i)) is 
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amended 
by 
inserting 
‘‘(as 
defined 
in 
section 
771(4)(A)(i))’’ after ‘‘domestic industry’’. 
(c) EFFECT OF FINAL DETERMINATIONS.—Section 
735(c)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 
1673d(c)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ‘‘, and’’ 
and inserting a comma; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) in cases involving dumping that af-
fects a core seasonal industry solely during a 
specific season or cyclical period of time, the 
administering authority shall limit the applica-
tion of any rate determined under subpara-
graph (B) to that season or cyclical period of 
time, and’’. 
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