Note: Datafile provides duty rates on each order against China for which at least one market economy country was also subject to an order on a similar product. The file includes the duty rates imposed against each
Chinese company and every market economy company, as well as the "all others" and "countrywide" rates. The file also
includes cases in which there were orders against (1) China and another nonmarket economy and (2)
another non-China nonmarket economy and at least one market economy. The file excludes (1) cases in which all the orders were against just market economies and (2) cases in which there was only one order against just China (or just another single nonmarket economy) but no other country.
| Group | Numeric value that groups antidumping (AD) orders for similar products. |
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| DOC_CSNM | An order's Department of Commerce (DOC) case number. |
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| Product | Name of product subject to an AD order. |
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| Country | Name of country subject to an AD order. |
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| YearInit | Year an AD case was initiated. |
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| YearOrder | Year an AD order was put in place. |
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| Status | The current status of a case (as of Dec. 31, 2004), either Order or Revoked, indicating an active or revoked order. |
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| China | Either China or Not China. |
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| NME | Either NME for nonmarket economy or ME for market economy. |
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| Type_All | The types of countries subject to orders for this product: China, NME, and ME. The product groups are All, CH-ME, NME-ME, and CH-NME. |
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| Type_Ind | Same as Type_All variable, except that groups are based on individual rates only, excluding All Other and Countrywide rates. Excl is an additional group for products for which there is not an individual rate for at least (1) one NME (including China) and one ME or (2) China and one other NME. |
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| HS2_1 | Harmonized schedule (HS) 2-digit code indicating the industry of the product. The first or most common of the HS codes listed; the same for all cases within a group. |
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| HS2_2 | Same at HS2_1 but includes additional HS code. |
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| #Indiv Rates | Number of individual rates, based on AD rates entered to the right. |
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| Lowest Rate | Lowest individual rate given to a company in an AD order (excluding All Others or Countrywide rates). Values are percentages (e.g., 10.04 means 10.04% duty rate). |
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| Highest Rate | Highest individual rate given to a company in an AD order (excluding All Others or Countrywide rates). Values are percentages (e.g., 10.04 means 10.04% duty rate). |
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| Average of Separate Rates | Average of the individual rates (excluding All Others or Countrywide rates). Values are percentages (e.g., 10.04 means 10.04% duty rate). |
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| All Others Rate | The All Others or Countrywide rates provided in an AD order. Values are percentages (e.g., 10.04 means 10.04% duty rate). |
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| Type_RT_AO | Indicates for All Others or Countrywide rate whether one of the following methodologies was used in determining the rate: facts available (FA), partial facts available (PFA), adverse inferences (AFA), or partial adverse inferences (PAFA). |
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| Section A Rate | For market economies, this rate is the same as the All Others rate. For nonmarket economies, this rate is entered if DOC calculated a weighted average duty when several companies were receiving individual rates. It is blank for NMEs if no weighted average rate is provided. |
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| Type_RT_SecA | Indicates for the Section A Rate whether one of the following methodologies was used in determining the rate: facts available (FA), partial facts available (PFA), adverse inferences (AFA), or partial adverse inferences (PAFA). |
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| AD1 through AD8 | Individual company duty rate for a given order. Values are percentages (e.g., 10.04 means 10.04% duty rate). |
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| Typ_RT1 through Typ_RT8 | Indicates whether one of the following methodologies was used in determining the rate: facts available (FA), partial facts available (PFA), adverse inferences (AFA), or partial adverse inferences (PAFA). |
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