---
kind: "section"
citation: "19 U.S.C. § 1677c"
title: "19"
title_heading: "Customs Duties"
number: "1677c"
heading: "Hearings"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/19/1677c"
units:
  - "Chapter 4 — Tariff Act of 1930"
  - "Subtitle IV — Countervailing and Antidumping Duties"
  - "Part IV — General Provisions"
---

# §1677c. Hearings

- (a) **Investigation hearings—**
  - (1) **In general—** Except as provided in [paragraph (2)](#a-2), the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) and the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) shall each hold a hearing in the course of an investigation upon the request of any party to the investigation before making a final determination under section [1671d](/usc/19/1671d.md) or [1673d](/usc/19/1673d.md) of this title.
  - (2) **Exception—** If investigations are initiated under part I and part II of this subtitle regarding the same merchandise from the same [country](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) within 6 months of each other (but before a final determination is made in either investigation), the holding of a hearing by the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) in the course of one of the investigations shall be treated as compliance with [paragraph (1)](#a-1) for both investigations, unless the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) considers that special circumstances require that a hearing be held in the course of each of the investigations. During any investigation regarding which the holding of a hearing is waived under this paragraph, the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) shall allow any party to submit such additional written comment as it considers relevant.
- (b) **Procedures—** Any hearing required or permitted under this subtitle shall be conducted after notice published in the Federal Register, and a transcript of the hearing shall be prepared and made available to the public. The hearing shall not be subject to the provisions of subchapter II of [chapter 5](/usc/5/chptI/ch5.md) of title 5, or to section 702 of such title.

## Source credit

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title VII, § 774, as added Pub. L. 96–39, title I, § 101, July 26, 1979, 93 Stat. 186; amended Pub. L. 98–573, title VI, § 616, Oct. 30, 1984, 98 Stat. 3037.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–573 designated existing provisions as par. (1), inserted “Except as provided in paragraph (2),”, and added par. (2).

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 98–573 effective Oct. 30, 1984, see section 626(a) of Pub. L. 98–573, set out as a note under section 1671 of this title.