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Fresh Garlic from China Investigation No. 731-TA-683 (Fourth Review) Publication 4735 October 2017 U.S. International Trade Commission Washington, DC 20436 U.S. International Trade Commission COMMISSIONERS Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Chairman David S. Johanson, Vice Chairman Irving A. Williamson Meredith M. Broadbent Catherine DeFilippo Director of Operations Staff assigned Porscha Stiger, Investigator Sabina Neumann, Industry Analyst John Benedetto, Economist Patrick Gallaher, Attorney Brian Allen, Attorney Nathanael Comly, Supervisory Investigator Address all communications to Secretary to the Commission United States International Trade Commission Washington, DC 20436 U.S. International Trade Commission Washington, DC 20436 www.usitc.gov Fresh Garlic from China Investigation No. 731-TA-683 (Fourth Review) Publication 4735 October 2017 CONTENTS Page Determination ................................................................................................................................. 1 Views of the Commission ............................................................................................................... 3 Information obtained in these reviews .................................................................................... 1 Background .................................................................................................................................. 1 Responses to the Commission’s Notice of Institution ................................................................ 1 Individual responses ................................................................................................................ 1 Party comments on adequacy ................................................................................................. 2 Recent developments in the industry ......................................................................................... 3 The original investigation and subsequent reviews .................................................................... 3 The original investigation ........................................................................................................ 3 The first five‐year review ......................................................................................................... 3 The second five‐year review .................................................................................................... 4 The third five‐year review ....................................................................................................... 4 Prior related investigations ......................................................................................................... 5 The product ................................................................................................................................. 5 Commerce’s scope .................................................................................................................. 5 Description and uses ............................................................................................................... 6 Manufacturing process ............................................................................................................ 7 U.S. tariff treatment .............................................................................................................. 10 The definition of the domestic like product .......................................................................... 11 Actions at Commerce ................................................................................................................ 12 Scope rulings .......................................................................................................................... 12 Changed circumstances reviews ........................................................................................... 12 Commerce’s Administrative Reviews ................................................................................... 13 Current five‐year review ........................................................................................................ 17 The industry in the United States ............................................................................................. 17 U.S. producers ....................................................................................................................... 17 Definition of the domestic industry and related party issues ............................................... 18 i CONTENTS Page U.S. producers’ trade and financial data ............................................................................... 19 U.S. imports and apparent consumption .................................................................................. 20 U.S. importers ........................................................................................................................ 20 U.S. imports ........................................................................................................................... 21 Apparent U.S. consumption and market shares ................................................................... 23 The industry in China ................................................................................................................. 24 Antidumping or countervailing duty orders in third‐country markets ..................................... 30 The global market ..................................................................................................................... 32 Appendixes A. Federal Register notices ................................................................................................. A‐1 B. Company‐specific data ................................................................................................... B‐1 C. Summary data compiled in prior proceedings ............................................................... C‐1 D. Purchaser queuestionnaire responses ........................................................................... D‐1 Note.—Information that would reveal confidential operations of individual concerns may not be published and therefore has been deleted. Such deletions are indicated by asterisks. ii UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION Investigation No. 731‐TA‐683 (Fourth Review) Fresh Garlic from China DETERMINATION On the basis of the record1 developed in the subject five‐year review, the United States International Trade Commission (“Commission”) determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“the Act”), that revocation of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic 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, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)), instituted this review on April 3, 2017 (82 F.R. 16223) and determined on July 7, 2017 that it would conduct an expedited review (82 F.R. 37237, August 9, 2017). The Commission made this determination pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)). It completed and filed its determination in this review on October 19, 2017. The views of the Commission are contained in USITC Publication 4735 (October 2017), entitled Fresh Garlic from China: Investigation No. 731‐TA‐683 (Fourth Review). 1 The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)). Views of the Commission Based on the record in this five‐year review, we determine under section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (“the Tariff Act”), that revocation of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic 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. I. Background Original investigation: In response to a petition filed by the Fresh Garlic Producers Association (“FGPA”) on January 31, 1994, the Commission determined on November 7, 1994, that an industry in the United States producing fresh garlic was materially injured by reason of imports of fresh garlic from China that were sold in the United States at less than fair value (“LTFV”).1 On November 16, 1994, the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) issued an antidumping duty order on imports of fresh garlic from China.2 Prior reviews: In December 1999, February 2006, and September 2011, the Commission instituted its first, second, and third five‐year reviews, respectively, of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from China.3 The Commission determined in each of those reviews that revocation of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a 1 Fresh Garlic from the People’s Republic of China, Inv. No. 731‐TA‐683 (Final), USITC Pub. 2825 (Nov. 1994) (“Original Determination”) at I‐27. The Commission also determined that the domestic dehydrated garlic and domestic seed garlic industries were neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of LTFV imports. Id. at I‐28 to I‐29. 2 59 Fed. Reg. 59209 (Nov. 16, 1994). 3 64 Fed. Reg. 67315 (Dec. 1, 1999) (first review); 71 Fed. Reg. 5374 (Feb. 1, 2006) (second review); 76 Fed. Reg. 54487 (Sept. 1, 2011) (third review). In the first five‐year review, the Commission determined that the domestic interested party group response and the respondent interested party group response