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Antidumping(AD)/Countervailing Duty(CVD)
Petition Counseling and Analysis Unit

Petition Filing Instructions

A completed petition and cover letter should be furnished along with ten copies of the business proprietary version and five public versions, and should be addressed to:
Secretary of Commerce
Attention: Import Administration
APO/Dockets Unit
Room 1870
U.S. Department of Commerce
14th St. and Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20230

Attn: Assistant Secretary for Import Administration
Simultaneously, 14 copies of the petition and a cover letter that includes, if necessary, a request for proprietary treatment and a certification under oath that substantially identical information is not available to the public, should be sent to:
Secretary
U.S. International Trade Commission
500 E Street, SW
Washington, DC 20436
Phone: 202-205-2000

Please note: According to the ITC Regulations (see 19 CFR § 207.10) if a petition is filed with the ITC after 12:00 noon, the petition shall be deemed filed on the next business day.
In addition, if the petitioner has requested that portions of the document be treated as proprietary information, 4 copies of a public version of the document must be submitted to the ITC. These copies should be marked "Public Inspection."

Information for which business proprietary (confidential) treatment is requested must be identified by placing brackets around the proprietary information and clearly stating at the top of each page containing such information "Business Proprietary Treatment Requested." A summary or approximated presentation of the proprietary information should also be submitted, together with a statement of the basis for the proprietary treatment and, if necessary, an explanation of why a summary or approximation cannot be prepared. A summary of figures regarded as proprietary should be provided, expressed in a range of not more than 10 percent above or below the actual figures.

Finally, we note that prior to the official filing of your petition, any communications with you on this matter will be treated as confidential information, and as such, we will not disclose any of this information to outside parties. In this regard, we refer you to section 732(b)(3)(C) of the Act, which provides:

NONDISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.–The administering authority {Commerce} and the Commission shall not disclose information with regard to any draft petition submitted for review and comment before it is filed . . . .
19 U.S.C. § 1673a(b)(3)(C).

Note: For general information purposes only. When interpreting and applying the law, please refer to the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended, (19 U.S.C. 1671-1671h, 1673-1673h) and the related regulations in Title 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Counseling Assistance Hotline: (202) 482-1255 AD/CVD Petition Hotline (recorded update of recent filings): (202) 482-0430