File 1: Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Cases: Status of all U.S. antidumping and countervailing duty investigations initiated from January 1, 1980, through December 31, 2004

Data Dictionary

Note: Database GAO assembled from information from Department of Commerce (DOC), U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and Federal Register notices. Inconsistent and missing data were confirmed with DOC staff. Database contains all cases initiated between 1980 and 2004 and additional cases initiated before 1980 but included in information DOC provided and still in effect as of December 31, 2004.

DOC_CSNM	Department of Commerce (DOC) case number for a particular antidumping (AD) or countervailing duty (CVD) investigation.
Country	Name of country subject to investigation.
Cntry_cd	DOC 3-digit country code unique to each country.
Product	Name of product under investigation.
Status	Status of an investigation as of December 31, 2004. Status could be (1) not initiated, (2) incomplete, (3) terminated, (4) order in place, (5) order revoked, or (6) order suspended.
ADCVD	Either AD or CVD, depending on the type of investigation.
Year	Year in which an investigation was initiated or in which a petition was submitted if an investigation was not initiated.
YearOrd	Year in which an order was put in place, if the investigation was completed and resulted in an order.
YearRev	Year in which an order was revoked, if put in place and later revoked.
China	Either China or NotChina.
NME	Either NME for a nonmarket economy or ME for market economy. Countries that moved to market economy status from NME status are listed as either NME or ME, depending on the methodology used in the investigation.
Noinit	Either 1 for an investigation that was not initiated (e.g., a petition was withdrawn before an investigation was initiated) or 0 for other (e.g., all investigations that were initiated).
Init	Either 1 for an investigation that was initiated or 0 for other.
DOCNeg	Either 1 if DOC found no dumping or 0 for other.
ITCNeg	Either 1 if ITC found no injury or 0 for other.
ITCDOCNG	Either 1 if ITC or DOC made a negative determination or 0 for other.
Tother	Either 1 if an investigation was terminated for reasons other than an ITC or DOC negative determination (e.g., a petition was withdrawn) or 0 for other.
Term	Either 1 if an investigation was terminated (for whatever reason) or 0 for other.
Susp	Either 1 if a case was suspended at any time or 0 for other. Note that cases that were suspended may have later resulted in an order or termination. This variable records whether a suspension took place, not the current status of the case.
Order	Either 1 if a case resulted in an order or 0 for other. Note that cases may be revoked. This variable shows not the current status of a case but only whether it resulted in an order.
Revoked	Either 1 if an order was revoked or 0 for other.
Incmplt	Either 1 if an investigation was incomplete as of December 31, 2004, or 0 for other.
Dt_init	Date DOC initiated an investigation.
Dt_Prelim	Date of a preliminary DOC determination.
Dt_Final	Date of the final DOC determination.
Dt_Order	Date an order was put in place.
Dt_Revkd	Date an order was revoked.
Notes	Notes from DOC's original data, posted on the Web.

U.S.-China Trade: Eliminating Nonmarket Economy Methodology Would Lower Antidumping Duties for Some Chinese Companies GAO-06-231(Washington, D.C.: Jan. 6, 2006), app. I, contains detailed discussion of our scope and methodology.

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