Ruling Paves Way for Duties on Phone Equipment
The International Trade Commission has ruled that certain South Korean telephone equipment being sold on the U.S. market at less than cost was injuring American firms, paving the way for the imposition of duties on shipments.
The vote cast on Monday was tied at 3-3, but the commission voted in favor of the plaintiffs, American Telephone & Telegraph Co. and Comdial Corp., based in Charlottesville, Va.
Commerce Department investigators had found earlier that the equipment was being dumped and imposed temporary duties pending a finding by the ITC, an non-governmental body that monitors adherence to U.S. trade law.
Similar anti-dumping duties were imposed in November on small business telephone systems and subassemblies shipped from Japan and Taiwan after the ITC found firms in those nations were also selling equipment at less than fair price.
South Korean firms, led by Samsung and Goldstar, sold about $58 million worth of the equipment in the United States in the first six months of last year.
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