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On this page you will find the generic antidumping (AD) margin calculation programs. These programs are the starting point of our AD calculations. For a particular company in a proceeding, a case analyst will fill in the company’s case-specific information in the required sections and make any changes to the boilerplate code required for the situation. There are two types of AD calculations: 1) market-economy (ME); and 2) nonmarket-economy (NME). The separate sets of AD programs required for each are found below. In both types, we compare prices in the United States to some minimum standard called, Normal Value (NV). Market-Economy Programs In ME calculations, we base NV on the company’s actual costs and prices in the comparison market. The comparison market can be either the home country of the respondent or some other suitable 3rd country. If no suitable comparison market is found, we base NV on Constructed Value (CV) which is a cost-based build up of a surrogate price. Here are the three programs used in ME calculations: 1. Comparison Market (CM) Program (09/05/2012) 2. Margin Program (11/07/2012) 3. Macros Program (11/07/2012) When a comparison market is the basis of NV, the first program used is the CM Program. The CM Program is where the case analyst enters information about the company’s costs and sales in the comparison market. The Macros Program is where the bulk of the code is stored. When the CM Program is executed, it calls up the relevant portions of code from the Macros Program to process the CM sales and saves the results for use in the Margin Program. After the CM Program is run, the Margin Program is completed by the analyst. When executed, the Margin program calls in relevant portions of the Macros Program to process U.S. sales and then compare them to CM sales or CV to calculate the AD duty rate. When there is no comparison market, only the Margin Program and Macros Program are required for comparisons of U.S. prices straight to CV. Nonmarket-Economy Programs In nonmarket-economy AD calculations, NV is comprised of the company’s factors of production (i.e., recipe for manufacturing the goods in question) valued in some appropriate surrogate country. The NME programs are here: 1. Targeted Dumping Macros (10/17/2012) 2. NME Margin with VAT and Export Tax (12/27/2012) 3. NME Margin without VAT and Export Tax (12/27/2012) In all NME calculations, the Margin Program is required. In the Margin Program, the analyst fills in the required case-specific information. When there is an allegation of Targeted Dumping, the Targeted Dumping Macros program is also required. The code stored in the Targeted Dumping Macros program is automatically called up by the Margin Program when needed. |
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