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 CIS NO: 86-H161-11
 TITLE: Review of the U.S. International Trade Commission Decision on
     Imports of Swine and Pork Products from Canada.
 SOURCE: Committee on Agriculture. House
 DOC TYPE: Hearing                   COLLATION: iii+118 p.
 DATE: Oct. 30, 1985
 CONGRESS-SESSION: 99-1              SUDOC: Y4.Ag8/1:99-18
 ITEM NO: 1010-A; 1010-B
 LC CARD NO: 86-601842               MC ENTRY NO: 86-14993

 Committee Serial No. 99-18. Hearing before the Subcom on Department
 Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture and the Subcom on Livestock,
 Dairy, and Poultry to review recent U.S. International Trade Commission
 (ITC) decisions under antidumping/countervailing duty laws regarding injury
 to domestic industry from subsidized agricultural imports.
   Focuses on implications of 1985 ITC decision to differentiate between
 U.S. pork producer and processor industries for purposes of determining
 injury from Canadian live hog and pork product imports.
   Includes submitted statements and correspondence (p. 112-118).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Agric industries import injury investigations by US Intl
     Trade Commission, review
 DESCRIPTORS: SUBCOM ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FOREIGN
     AGRICULTURE. HOUSE; SUBCOM ON LIVESTOCK, DAIRY, AND POULTRY. HOUSE;
     SWINE; TARIFFS; AGRICULTURE IN FOREIGN TRADE; MEAT AND MEAT
     PRODUCTS; GOVERNMENT.INVESTIGATIONS; CANADA; COMPETITION; SUBSIDIES;
     U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION; DUMPING

 86-H161-11 TESTIMONY NO: 1         Oct. 30, 1985 p. 7-36
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     PHILLIPS, JAMES (member, exec committee, Natl Pork Producers Council)
     WACHHOLTZ, GENE (gen product mgr, Farmland Industries)
     SANDSTROM, MARK (counsel, Natl Pork Producers Council)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Adverse effect on U.S. pork producers and
     packers of subsidized Canadian hog and pork imports; background of and
     problems with ITC interpretation of agricultural industry relationships.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Agric industries import injury investigations by US Intl
     Trade Commission, review
 DESCRIPTORS: NATIONAL PORK PRODUCERS COUNCIL; FARMLAND INDUSTRIES

 86-H161-11 TESTIMONY NO: 2         Oct. 30, 1985 p. 36-46, 52-96
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     WRAY, ROBERT T. (atty, Robert Wray Assocs; counsel to US sheep
        industry)
     DORN, JOSEPH W. (atty, DC; representing Oreg Caneberry Commission and
        three other agric organizations)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Criticism of ITC finding regarding domestic
     industry effects of subsidized New Zealand lamb imports; disagreement
     with ITC differentiation between fruit growers and processors in import
     injury determinations, with recommendations; problems with ITC
     procedures relating to antidumping/countervailing duty investigations in
     agricultural cases.
 INSERTION: 
     -- Stern, Paula (ITC), "U.S. Trade Deficit: How Do You Spell
        Relief" remarks to Natl Press Club, Oct. 24, 1985 (p. 70-81).
 CONTENT NOTATION: Agric industries import injury investigations by US Intl
     Trade Commission, review
 DESCRIPTORS (and special content notations): OREGON CANEBERRY COMMISSION;
     WASHINGTON RED RASPBERRY COMMISSION; CLING PEACH ADVISORY BOARD;
     PACIFIC COAST CANNED PEAR SERVICE; FRUIT AND FRUIT TRADE;
     FOREIGN.TRADE ("U.S. Trade Deficit: How Do You Spell Relief"); NEW
     ZEALAND

 86-H161-11 TESTIMONY NO: 3         Oct. 30, 1985 p. 47-48
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     BEREUTER, DOUG (Rep, R-Nebr)
 STATEMENT: Support for co-sponsored H.R. 3328, to revise ITC standards for
     determining whether U.S. agricultural producers and processors are
     members of the same industry.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Agric industries determination for import injury
     investigation purposes, revision

 86-H161-11 TESTIMONY NO: 4         Oct. 30, 1985 p. 97-111
 WITNESSES (and witness notations):
     GINGERICH, DON (natl dir, Iowa Pork Producers Assn)
     JOSLIN, ROBERT (vp, Iowa Farm Bur Fedn; representing Amer Farm Bur
        Fedn)
 STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION: Implications of ITC Canadian imports decision
     for U.S. pork producers.
 CONTENT NOTATION: Agric industries import injury investigations by US Intl
     Trade Commission, review
 DESCRIPTORS: IOWA PORK PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN FARM BUREAU
     FEDERATION