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Code · BILL · 117th Congress · S. 1187 (Introduced in Senate) — To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to improve the administration of antidumping and countervailing duty laws, and for ot... · Sec. 303

Sec. 303. Clarification of authority for Department of Commerce regarding merchandise covered by antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings

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To determine whether merchandise imported into the United States is covered by an antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), the administering authority may use any reasonable method and is not bound by the determinations of any other Federal agency, including tariff classification and country of origin marking rulings issued by the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. To determine the origin of merchandise for purposes of an antidumping or countervailing duty proceeding under title VII of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1671 et seq.), the administering authority may apply any reasonable method and may consider relevant factors, including— whether the upstream and downstream products are within the same class or kind of merchandise; whether the merchandise, or an essential component thereof, is substantially transformed in the country of exportation; the extent to which the merchandise is processed; or any other factors that the administering authority considers appropriate.
In this section, the term administering authority has the meaning given that term in section 771(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930 ( 19 U.S.C. 1677(1) ).
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