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

# §1677i. Downstream product monitoring

- (a) **Petition requesting monitoring—**
  - (1) **In general—** A domestic producer of an article that is like a component part or a downstream product may petition the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) to designate a downstream product for monitoring under [subsection (b)](#b). The petition shall specify—
    - (A) the downstream product,
    - (B) the component product incorporated into such downstream product, and
    - (C) the reasons for suspecting that the imposition of antidumping or countervailing duties has resulted in a diversion of exports of the component part into increased production and exportation to the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) of such downstream product.
  - (2) **Determination regarding petition—** Within 14 days after receiving a petition submitted under [paragraph (1)](#a-1), the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) shall determine—
    - (A) whether there is a reasonable likelihood that imports into the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) of the downstream product will increase as an indirect result of any diversion with respect to the component part, and
    - (B) whether—
      - (i) the component part is already subject to monitoring to aid in the enforcement of a bilateral arrangement (within the meaning of section 804 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984),
      - (ii) merchandise related to the component part and manufactured in the same foreign [country](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) in which the component part is manufactured has been the subject of a significant number of investigations suspended under section [1671c](/usc/19/1671c.md) or [1673c](/usc/19/1673c.md) of this title or countervailing or antidumping duty orders issued under this subtitle or [section 1303](/usc/19/1303.md)[^1] of this title, or
      - (iii) merchandise manufactured or exported by the manufacturer or exporter of the component part that is similar in description and use to the component part has been the subject of at least 2 investigations suspended under section [1671c](/usc/19/1671c.md) or [1673c](/usc/19/1673c.md) of this title or countervailing or antidumping duty orders issued under this subtitle or [section 1303](/usc/19/1303.md)[^1] of this title.
  - (3) **Factors to take into account—** In making a determination under [paragraph (2)(A)](#a-2-A), the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) may, if appropriate, take into account such factors as—
    - (A) the value of the component part in relation to the value of the downstream product,
    - (B) the extent to which the component part has been substantially transformed as a result of its incorporation into the downstream product, and
    - (C) the relationship between the producers of component parts and producers of downstream products.
  - (4) **Publication of determination—** The [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) shall publish in the Federal Register notice of each determination made under [paragraph (2)](#a-2) and, if the determination made under [paragraph (2)(A)](#a-2-A) and a determination made under any subparagraph of [paragraph (2)(B)](#a-2-B) are affirmative, shall transmit a copy of such determinations and the petition to the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2).
  - (5) **Determinations not subject to judicial review—** Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any determination made by the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) under [paragraph (2)](#a-2) shall not be subject to judicial review.
- (b) **Monitoring by Commission—**
  - (1) **In general—** If the determination made under [subsection (a)(2)(A)](#a-2-A) and a determination made under any clause of [subsection (a)(2)(B)](#a-2-B) with respect to a petition are affirmative, the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) shall immediately commence monitoring of trade in the downstream product that is the subject of the determination made under [subsection (a)(2)(A)](#a-2-A). If the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) finds that imports of a downstream product being monitored increased during any calendar quarter by 5 percent or more over the preceding quarter, the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) shall analyze that increase in the context of overall economic conditions in the product sector.
  - (2) **Reports—** The [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) shall make quarterly reports to the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) regarding the monitoring and analyses conducted under [paragraph (1)](#b-1). The [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) shall make the reports available to the public.
- (c) **Action on basis of monitoring reports—** The [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) shall review the information in the reports submitted by the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) under [subsection (b)(2)](#b-2) and shall—
  - (1) consider the information in determining whether to initiate an investigation under section [1671a(a)](/usc/19/1671a.md?p=a) or [1673a(a)](/usc/19/1673a.md?p=a) of this title regarding any downstream product, and
  - (2) request the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) to cease monitoring any downstream product if the information indicates that imports into the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) are not increasing and there is no reasonable likelihood of diversion with respect to component parts.
- (d) **Definitions—** For purposes of this section—
  - (1) The term “component part” means any imported article that—
    - (A) during the 5-year period ending on the date on which the petition is filed under [subsection (a)](#a), has been subject to—
      - (i) a countervailing or antidumping duty order issued under this subtitle or [section 1303](/usc/19/1303.md)[^1] of this title that requires the deposit of estimated countervailing or antidumping duties imposed at a rate of at least 15 percent ad valorem, or
      - (ii) an agreement entered into under section [1671c](/usc/19/1671c.md), [1673c](/usc/19/1673c.md), or [1303](/usc/19/1303.md)[^1] of this title after a preliminary affirmative determination under section [1671b(b)](/usc/19/1671b.md?p=b), [1673b(b)(1)](/usc/19/1673b.md?p=b-1), or [1303](/usc/19/1303.md)[^1] of this title was made by the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) which included a determination that the estimated net countervailable subsidy was at least 15 percent ad valorem or that the estimated average amount by which the normal value exceeded the [export price](/usc/19/1683.md?p=5-A) (or the constructed [export price](/usc/19/1683.md?p=5-A)) was at least 15 percent ad valorem, and
    - (B) because of its inherent characteristics, is routinely used as a major part, component, assembly, subassembly, or material in a downstream product.
  - (2) The term “downstream product” means any manufactured article—
    - (A) which is imported into the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9), and
    - (B) into which is incorporated any component part.

## Footnotes

[^1]: See References in Text note below.

## Source credit

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title VII, § 780, as added Pub. L. 100–418, title I, § 1320(a), Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1189; amended Pub. L. 103–465, title II, §§ 233(a)(1)(E), (2)(A)(vi), 261(d)(1)(B)(iv), 270(a)(1)(M), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4898, 4910, 4917.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 804 of the Trade and Tariff Act of 1984, referred to in subsec. (a)(2)(B)(i), is section 804 of Pub. L. 98–573, which is set out as a note under section 2253 of this title.

Section 1303 of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a)(2)(B)(ii), (iii) and (d)(1)(A)(i), (ii), is defined in section 1677(26) of this title to mean section 1330 as in effect on the day before Jan. 1, 1995.

### Amendments

1994—Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 103–465, § 261(d)(1)(B)(iv), substituted “or 1673a(a)” for “, 1673a(a), or 1303”.

Subsec. (d)(1)(A)(ii). Pub. L. 103–465, § 270(a)(1)(M), inserted “countervailable” before “subsidy”.

Pub. L. 103–465, § 233(a)(1)(E), (2)(A)(vi), substituted “normal value” for “foreign market value” and “export price (or the constructed export price)” for “United States price”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1994 Amendment

Amendment by sections 233(a)(1)(E), (2)(A)(vi) and 270(a)(1)(M) of Pub. L. 103–465 effective, except as otherwise provided, on the date on which the WTO Agreement enters into force with respect to the United States (Jan. 1, 1995), and applicable with respect to investigations, reviews, and inquiries initiated and petitions filed under specified provisions of this chapter after such date, see section 291 of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 1671 of this title.

Amendment by section 261(d)(1)(B)(iv) of Pub. L. 103–465 effective on the effective date of title II of Pub. L. 103–465, Jan. 1, 1995, see section 261(d)(2) of Pub. L. 103–465, set out as a note under section 1315 of this title.