102 STAT. 1198
PUBLIC LAW 100-418—AUG. 23, 1988 "(B) EXCLUSION.—Short life cycle merchandise of a manufacturer shall not be treated as being the subject of an affirmative dumping determination if— "(i) such merchandise of the manufacturer is part of a group of merchandise to which the administering authority assigns (in lieu of making separate determinations described in subparagraph (A)(i)(D) an amount determined to be the amount by which the foreign market value of the merchandise in such group exceeds the United States price of the merchandise in such group, and "(ii) the merchandise and the manufacturer are not specified by name in the affirmative dumping determination or in any antidumping duty order issued as a result of such affirmative dumping determination. "(4) SHORT U F E CYCLE MERCHANDISE.—The term 'short life cycle merchandise' means any product that the Commission determines is likely to become outmoded within 4 years, by reason of technological advances, after the product is commercially available. For purposes of this paragraph, the term 'outmoded' refers to a kind of style that is no longer state-of-the-art. "(c) TRANSITIONAL RULES.—
19 USC 1673b.
"(1) For purposes of this section and section 733(b)(l)(B) and (C), all affirmative dumping determinations described in subsection (b)(2)(A) that were made after December 31, 1980, and before the date of enactment of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, and all affirmative dumping determinations described in subsection (b)(2)(B) that were made after December 31, 1984, and before the date of enactment of such Act, with respect to each category of short life cycle merchandise of the same manufacturer shall be treated as one affirmative dumping determination with respect to that category for that manufacturer which was made on the date on which the latest of such determinations was made. "(2) No affirmative dumping determination that— "(A) is described in subsection 0)X2XA) and was made before January 1, 1981, or "(B) is described in subsection (b)(2)(B) and was made before January 1, 1985, may be taken into account under this section or section 733(b)(l) (B) and (C).". (b) EXPEDITED DUMPING INVESTIGATIONS.—Section 733 (19 U.S.C. 1673) is amended as follows: (1) Paragraph (1) of subsection 0)X1) is amended to read as follows: "(1) PERIOD OP ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION.—
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"(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph (B), within 160 days after the date on which a petition is filed under section 732(b), or an investigation is commenced under section 732(a), but not before an affirmative determination by the Commission under subsection (a) of this section, the administering authority shall make a determination, based upon the best information available to it at the time of the determination, of whether there is a reasonable basis to believe or suspect that the merchandise is being sold, or is likely to be sold, at less than fair value. If the determination of the administering authority under
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