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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaahqt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS21985 Updated January 12, 2005 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web The Canadian Hog Trade Dispute Geoffrey S. Becker Specialist in Agricultural Policy Resources, Science, and Industry Division Summary On March 5, 2004, U.S. pork producers filed petitions alleging economic harm from unfairly priced and subsidized Canadian imports of slaughter hogs and feeder pigs. U.S. officials initiated antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations, and have issued preliminary determinations for each. Final decisions on whether to impose import duties, as requested by petitioners, are anticipated by the spring of 2005. This report will be updated if significant developments ensue. The Complaint The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and Department of Commerce (DOC) received petitions March 5, 2004, from the National Pork Producers Coalition (NPPC), a number of state pork associations, and more than 100 individual producers. The petitions allege that the industry is materially injured and threatened with material injury due to imports of live swine (both slaughter hogs and feeder pigs) from Canada, where farmers receive substantial subsidies under a variety of government programs. According to the petitioners, these subsidies have encouraged the Canadian industry to produce too many animals, which in turn are exported to the United States and sold at less than fair value. Hogs for breeding and pork products are not covered by the action.! Legislative Basis U.S. trade law spells out the relatively complex process for filing and investigating an AD or CVD petition, which is filed simultaneously with both the ITC and Commerce. (As with this case, petitions can be filed requesting both AD and CVD relief involving the same imports.) The agencies then follow specified steps in investigating the petitions to determine whether the product has been subsidized or dumped, as the case may be, whether U.S. producers have been injured, and the level, if any, of duties that should be levied. The law authorizes antidumping duties on imported goods if Commerce (more Congressional Research Service +** The Library of Congress 1 The ITC investigations were announced on March 16, 2004 (69 Federal Register, p. 12347), and the DOC investigations on April 14, 2004 (69 Federal Register, p. 19815 and p. 19818).

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