[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR351.201]

[Page 197]
 
                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 351--ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Procedures
 
Sec.  351.201  Self-initiation.


    (a) Introduction. Antidumping and countervailing duty investigations 
may be initiated as the result of a petition filed by a domestic 
interested party or at the Secretary's own initiative. This section 
contains rules regarding the actions the Secretary will take when the 
Secretary self-initiates an investigation.
    (b) In general. When the Secretary self-initiates an investigation 
under section 702(a) or section 732(a) of the Act, the Secretary will 
publish in the Federal Register notice of ``Initiation of Antidumping 
(Countervailing Duty) Investigation.'' In addition, the Secretary will 
notify the Commission at the time of initiation of the investigation, 
and will make available to employees of the Commission directly involved 
in the proceeding the information upon which the Secretary based the 
initiation and which the Commission may consider relevant to its injury 
determination.
    (c) Persistent dumping monitoring. To the extent practicable, the 
Secretary will expedite any antidumping investigation initiated as the 
result of a monitoring program established under section 732(a)(2) of 
the Act.