00-19050. Cased Pencils From China

Determination

On the basis of the record ^[1] developed in the subject five-year review, the United States International Trade Commission determines, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)), that revocation of the antidumping duty order on cased pencils from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.

Background

The Commission instituted this review on December 1, 1999 (64 FR 67304, December 1, 1999) and determined on March 3, 2000 that it would conduct an expedited review (65 FR 15007, March 20, 2000). The Commission transmitted its determination in this review to the Secretary of Commerce on July 24, 2000. The views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 3328 (July 2000), entitled Cased Pencils From China: Investigation No. 731-TA-669 (Review).

Issued: July 24, 2000.

By order of the Commission.

Donna R. Koehnke,

Secretary.

Footnotes

1.  The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 C.F.R. 207.2(f)).