Broom Corn Brooms: Efforts of Workers and Firms in the Industry To Make a Positive Adjustment To Import Competition

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Following receipt, on May 11, 1998, of a request from the United States Trade Representative (USTR), the U.S. International Trade Commission (Commission) instituted investigation No. 332-394, Broom Corn Brooms: Efforts of Workers and Firms in the Industry to Make a Positive Adjustment to Import Competition, under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1332(g)). As requested by USTR, the Commission's report on the investigation will focus on developments in the domestic broom corn broom industry, including efforts of workers and firms in the industry to make a positive adjustment to import competition, since November 28, 1996, when the President, pursuant to section 203 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2253), issued Proclamation 6961, temporarily increasing duties on imports of certain types of broom corn brooms. 1 As requested by the USTR, the Commission will transmit its report to the USTR no later than August 10, 1998.