Handel międzynarodowy · 30.10.1997

Macadamia Nuts: Economic and Competitive Conditions Affecting the U.S. Industry

Following receipt on September 15, 1997, of a request from the Senate Committee on Finance (Committee), the Commission instituted investigation No. 332-386, Macadamia Nuts: Economic and Competitive Conditions Affecting the U.S. Industry, under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)), for the purpose of providing a report on factors affecting trade between the United States and major world markets for macadamia nuts. As requested by the Committee, the Commission's report on the investigation will include the following information: (1) A description of the competitive factors affecting the domestic macadamia nut industry, including competition from imports of macadamia nuts; (2) To the extent data are available, a description of the prices U.S. consumers pay for macadamia nuts compared with the prices paid for macadamia nuts by consumers in other major markets for macadamia nuts, and a description of the degree to which quotas, tariffs, or other trade barriers affect such prices; (3) A description of the extent to which trade practices and barriers to trade by other competing countries are impeding the marketing of domestically produced macadamia nuts; and (4) An