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195. The capacity of the new steel producers is very small relative to that of the large integrated mills. Even if the
secondary producers were to export all of their capacity, selling absolutely nothing domestically, these companies
would be exporting cumulatively less than 10 million MT.
196. Interviews with Indian steel company officials by Department of Commerce officials, February–March, 2000,
New Delhi and Mumbai, India.
197. CMA-India, Table III: Total Exports.
198. JPC, Performance Review, 60.
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1. The antidumping statute does not dictate a minimum period for the completion of antidumping investigations.
The Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 also establishes
no minimum time periods for completing investigations. Moreover, Article 6.14 of the Agreement states: “The
procedures set out above are not intended to prevent the authorities of a Member from proceeding expeditiously with
regard to initiating an investigation, reaching preliminary or final determinations, whether affirmative or negative, or
from applying provisional or final measures in accordance with the relevant provision of this Agreement.”
2. Organization for Co-operation and Development, The OECD Review of Regulatory Reform in Korea (Paris,
June 2000). Cited in Peter Montagnon, “OECD warns South Korea of ‘complacency’ over reforms,” Financial Times,
June 2, 2000.
3. In developing new data programs, potential antitrust concerns must be addressed by avoiding, inter alia, the
creation of short-term market forecasts.
4. The International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank Group provides financing to the least
developed countries. The term “IDA-only” excludes those countries that are “blend countries” which are eligible for
both IDA and IBRD funds. For a list of current IDA-eligible borrowers, see http://www.worldbank.org/ida/
eligible.htm; Internet.
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