Following an affirmative final determination by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) that imports of Uncoated Stress-relieved Steel Strand for Pre-stressed Concrete (PC Strand) from South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia are being dumped in the R.O.C., the International Trade Commission (ITC) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs instituted its final investigation on August 29, 2001, to determine whether the domestic industry concerned in the R.O.C. is materially injured, or is threatened with material injury by the above dumped imports from South Korea, Thailand and Malaysia.
In order to proceed with the final injury investigation of this case, the ITC decided that an on-sight investigation is scheduled on September 19, 2001, and a hearing is scheduled on September 25, 2001. The determination of the final investigation results will be forwarded to the MOF before October 12, 2001.
The hearing for the final injury investigation will be held on September 25, 2001, 9:00 a.m. at 3 FL. Meeting room of AURORA International Building, which is located at 2 Hsin-Yi Road, Sec.5, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C. Persons wish to appear at this hearing, please inform us before September 20, 2001, by fax, airmail or e-mail. Persons signed up for presenting their views on this case are also invited to attend the pre-hearing conference, which will be held at 8:45 a.m. prior to the hearing, and are strongly encouraged to provide 15 copies of the written statements as well as their summary related to foregoing views with signature.