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

# §1677n. Antidumping petitions by third countries

- (a) **Filing of petition—** The government of a [WTO member](/usc/19/1677.md?p=30) may file with the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) a petition requesting that an investigation be conducted to determine if—
  - (1) imports from another [country](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) are being sold in the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) at less than fair value, and
  - (2) an [industry](/usc/19/1677.md?p=4-A) in the petitioning [country](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) is materially injured by reason of those imports.
- (b) **Initiation—** The [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32), after consultation with the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) and the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) and obtaining the approval of the WTO Council for Trade in Goods, shall determine whether to initiate an investigation described in [subsection (a)](#a).
- (c) **Determinations—** Upon initiation of an investigation under this section, the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32) shall request the following determinations be made according to substantive and procedural requirements specified by the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32), notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle:
  - (1) The [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) shall determine whether imports into the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9) of the [subject merchandise](/usc/19/1677.md?p=25) are being sold at less than fair value.
  - (2) The [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) shall determine whether an [industry](/usc/19/1677.md?p=4-A) in the petitioning [country](/usc/19/1677.md?p=3) is materially injured by reason of imports of the [subject merchandise](/usc/19/1677.md?p=25) into the [United States](/usc/19/1683.md?p=9).
- (d) **Public comment—** An opportunity for public comment shall be provided, as appropriate—
  - (1) by the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32), in making the determination required by [subsection (b)](#b), and
  - (2) by the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) and the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2), in making the determination required by [subsection (c)](#c).
- (e) **Issuance of order—** If the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) makes an affirmative determination under [paragraph (1)](#c-1) of subsection (c), and the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) makes an affirmative determination under [paragraph (2)](#c-2) of subsection (c), the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) shall issue an antidumping duty order in accordance with [section 1673e of this title](/usc/19/1673e.md) and take such other actions as are required by [section 1673e of this title](/usc/19/1673e.md).
- (f) **Reviews of determinations—** For purposes of review under [section 1516a of this title](/usc/19/1516a.md) or review under [section 1675 of this title](/usc/19/1675.md), if an order is issued under [subsection (e)](#e), the final determinations of the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) and the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2) under this section shall be treated as final determinations made under [section 1673d of this title](/usc/19/1673d.md).
- (g) **Access to information—** [Section 1677f of this title](/usc/19/1677f.md) shall apply to investigations under this section, to the extent specified by the [Trade Representative](/usc/19/1677.md?p=32), after consultation with the [administering authority](/usc/19/1677.md?p=1) and the [Commission](/usc/19/1677.md?p=2).

## Source credit

(June 17, 1930, ch. 497, title VII, § 783, as added Pub. L. 103–465, title II, § 232(a), Dec. 8, 1994, 108 Stat. 4897; amended Pub. L. 104–295, § 20(b)(17), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3528.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1996—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 104–295 substituted “subsection (e)” for “subsection (d)”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section 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 an Effective Date of 1994 Amendment note under section 1671 of this title.