International trade · 05/02/1998

Fresh Atlantic Salmon From Chile

The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of the final phase of antidumping investigation No. 731-TA-768 (Final) under section 735(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. Sec. 1673d(b)) (the Act) to determine whether an industry in the United States is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of less-than-fair-value imports from Chile of fresh Atlantic salmon, provided for in subheadings 0302.12.00 and 0304.10.40 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. 1 Section 207.21(b) of the Commission's rules provides that, where the Department of Commerce has issued a negative preliminary determination, the Commission will not publish a notice of scheduling of the final phase of its investigation unless and until it receives an affirmative final determination from Commerce. Although the Department of Commerce has preliminarily determined that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to producers or exporters of fresh Atlantic salmon in Chile, for purposes of efficiency the Commission hereby waives rule 207.21(b) and gives notice of the scheduling of the f