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UNITED STA TE.S TA HIFF COHHISSION Washington

Publication 144 .

WINDOW GLASS . FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA

November 16j i964

. Detennination of No Injury or Likelihood The.reof

On September 23, 1964, . the. Tariff Commission ·was advised by

the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury that window glass,

-"'16-ounce through 28..,ounce· thicknesses, from Czechoslovakia is ·

" . ' being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than

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fair .. value _ as that term is used 1,n ·the Antidwnping Act, 1921, as . ';'. : .

·~ended . ~f ~ccordingly, the Commiss:i,.on on September 24, 1964, in-. ..

stituted ' an investigati.on under section 201(~) of that act to de-~~}~ ' . . . .. ~

termine whether an industry in the United States is being or is .·

likely to. pe .. injured, or is _ p:r:evented from being established, by

:pf the investigation . . was publj.shed in the _Federal

~~ister:(29 F. R. 13552). · The Commission did not orde;t a public . . . ·~' --: . .

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· ' h~atj.ng, ,. but referred interes.ted parties .to section 208.4 of its "";..-

~13s of .Practice and _ Pro.cedure (19 CFR 208 .4), ·which provides .,,. ;: . . .

that · they . may, wi thin -15 -day; after the date of publi.ca ti on of

. t~e Commission's notice of investigation in the Federal Register, ... - r· . . . . .

request that a public hearing be held, stating reasons for the . ~·

~quest. No request for a ,Pearing was received • . ,,,

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1n arriving .. ~~~his determination, the Corn.mission gave due

.;onsideration to all written statements sub!'.1itted by interested _

,1arties and all information obtained by its staff. ·

on the .~asis of the il)..v:estigation, the Commission has unani­

jiously determined that an industry in the United States _is not

1eing, and is not likely to be, injured, or prevented from being

-, ·stablished, by reason of the importation of window: glas.s,

· 6-ounce :through -28-ounce thicknesses, from Czechoslovak~a, sold • .

. t less than fair value within the meaning of the Antidumping .Act, · : . · ...

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· Imports of window glass 1/ from Czechoslovakia incrt:;)ased in the ' ··•:· - . - .

·early 1960 1 s, and reached a record high in 1962. 'The quantity

f. liiported was ~ one-third as large in 1963 as in 1962, and :Ltnports ~:: ' -

j· 1964 have 'been · entering at about the same rate as those in 1963.

I t thei; .·high~st ,level (irt 1962), the imports from Czechoslovakia · ; .

01llptised .less than 2 percent of U.S. imports of w.1.ndow glass and .

· 'ccounted fo; "less than one-half of 1 percent of the apparent

.s. co~~um~ti~n of such glass in that year.

~ 11 As used herein, the term i1w.j_ndow glass" refers to sheet

·:· ass Weighing from 16 ounces to not more than 28 ounces per · -~~re foot. Window glass is used · predominantly for glazing

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· The imports- of window glass from Czechoslovakia at leas than ----

f~ir value have had n~ .discernibie. effect on U.S. prod.uc;rs of , .

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Tb.a .aggregate U.S. sales-· of window glass from . . . . . . .· .. .

Czechoslovakia in 1961-63 were equiv.a.lent to 0.4 percent of ship-. . ·-: '· ' ' .

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ttl ! ·· ·.· 11 : · . ' -. 'I l mimts of window glass by the domestic producers. The correspond-

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ing ratio for sales of. window glass in1ported from a:ll _countries · 11 t ~ . I !

Axmua·l shipments of 'dome~tical1y produced window i 1 •

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was 28 percent. . ~ : . ,·.

· glass have risen stead;l.ly -·since .. 1961J the . : i: : ~.· :-.. -~ · · ~ :· ~ _;· ~ _. .. . ,,..... r,;., _. _. ... ·:.-· , "?.

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. . I . .. ·. <· ... ·1 . ·· ments has been many times : as large as the annual .impotts_. from -·· ·-li_

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had no : demonstrable depressing . effect on . the prices receiyed by, \\\:c2 e . . _, ., . ·': , ,:: ·.;,t- _ I ~- .·

-~h~ ~on:~sti~ producers; the prices of domestic · window glass. hava : ·f • • . . • ' ~ • '~ I..., ..

been -increased on three successive occasions since 1961.-; . ~- ' : ; ''. ~· .. : i ... : .

: : ... · _Window glass -fror:1 Czechoslovakia has been .sold in th~ United-.. ~~ : . ;:..: . : .' ; .. -: ' ~

States ·predominantly' to mam.ifa:cturers of -storm windows and doors " · .. . . ~

who· are located in New England and the New York Metropolitan area • • -j. ~ •

Because o:f the severe price, competition in these products, many . : - . :. ; .; : . ~ . . . . .

. -manu!acturers have used low-pric.ed window- glass iinported not. only · ) : . ·::·: .. .... .

from Czechoslovakia, but also from other foreign suppliers. If · . ; ' ~ . .

· imports. ~ of glass from 9zechoslovakia should decline further or . · : . . .

even cease altoget.her, f:lrIJls now using such glass would prol;>ably

turn to low-priced glass imported from other countries.

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.Continll.ation of imports of wlndow glass from Czechoslovakia

i'ould not likely c.aus~ m~erial ,i njucy to any industry in t~~ • . ·1.. • • ••

~nited States. Among other factors; uncertainty of deliveries of _

/,uch gl~sS from the '"CzechOslovakian supplie~ aJld the quality of

l~e glass, . together with ideological objections to ·its use,S (";i ,;/" distinct ly limit its consumption i'n the United States.

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I ~ This : detennination and· statement of reasons are published

/ pursuan~--~o',,;_section 20~(c) -of the ~nti~wnping Act, · 1921, '. as - ' '. : :: "." . . .

amended. ·)~ ·'

_By- the Commission:

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