SOUTH AFRICA: INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED DUMPING OF

UNCLAS PRETORIA 003922

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR AF/S; AF/EPS; EB/TPP
USDOC FOR 4510/ITA/IEP/ANESA/OA/JDIEMOND
TREASURY FOR BRESNICK
DEPT PASS USTR FOR PCOLEMAN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: ETRD ECON SF
SUBJECT: SOUTH AFRICA: INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED DUMPING OF
FEED SUPPLEMENTS



1. (U) On September 22, post received a letter from the
International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South
Africa informing us of an investigation into the alleged dumping
of feed supplements containing lysine that are imported from the
United States from the Degussa Corporation, located in Blair
Nebraska. Following please find the text of this letter.

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In accordance with the provisions of Article 6.7 of the Agreement
on Implementation of Article VI of the General agreement on
Tariffs and Trade, 1994, the Government of the United States of
America is hereby informed that Mr. Ephraim Mogashoa, Ms. Selma
Takacs, and Ms. Porcia Mphahlele of the Directorate: Trade
Remedies will carry out investigations in the USA during the
period 10/01/2005 to 10/07/2005 in order to verify the accuracy
of the information provided in their response to the ITAC
exporter's questionnaire.

The company that will be visited and which has indicated its
willingness to cooperate is:

Degussa Corporation
650 Industrial Road
P.O. Box 544
Blair, NE 68116
USA
Tel +1 402 533 1518

Should you need any further information in this regard, please do
not hesitate to contact the Director: Trade Remedies at Tel.
(012) 394-3600.

Yours sincerely,

Karina Grove
Director: Trade Remedies

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