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PUBLIC LAW 96-000—MMMM. DD, 1979

93 STAT. 180

PUBLIC LAW 96-39—JULY 26, 1979 "(B) threat of material injury to such an industry, or "(C) material retardation of the establishment of an industry in the United States, by reason of imports of the merchandise, an affirmative vote on any of the issues shall be treated as a vote that the determination should be affirmative. "(12) ATTRIBUTION OF MERCHANDISE TO COUNTRY OF MANUFAC-

TURE OR PRODUCTION.—For purposes of subtitle A, merchandise shall be treated as the product of the country in which it was manufactured or produced without regard to whether it is imported directly from that country and without regard to whether it is imported in the same condition as when exported from that country or in a changed condition by reason of remanufacture or otherwise. "(13) EXPORTER.—For the purpose of determining United States price, the term 'exporter' includes the person by whom or for whose account the merchandise is imported into the United States if— "(A) such person is the agent or principal of the exporter, manufacturer, or producer; "(B) such person owns or controls, directly or indirectly, through stock ownership or control or otherwise, any interest in the business of the exporter, manufacturer, or producer; "(C) the exporter, manufacturer, or producer owns or controls, directly or indirectly, through stock ownership or control or otherwise, any interest in any business conducted by such person; or "(D) any person or persons, jointly or severally, directly or indirectly, through stock ownership or control or otherwise, own or control in the aggregate 20 percent or more of the voting power or control in the business carried on by the person by whom or for whose account the merchandise is imported into the United States, and also 20 percent or more of such power or control in the business of the exporter, manufacturer, or producer. "(14) SOLD OR, IN THE ABSENCE OF SALES, OFFERED FOR SALE.—

The term 'sold or, in the absence of sales, offered for sale' means sold or, in the absence of sales, offered— "(A) to all purchasers at wholesale, or "(B) in the ordinary course of trade to one or more selected purchasers at wholesale at a price which fairly reflects the market value of the merchandise, without regard to restrictions as to the disposition or use of the merchandise by the purchaser except that, where such restrictions are found to affect the market value of the merchandise, adjustment shall be made therefor in calculating the price at which the merchandise is sold or offered for sale. "(15) ORDINARY COURSE OF TRADE.—The term 'ordinary course of trade' means the conditions and practices which, for a reasonable time prior to the exportation of the merchandise which is the subject of an investigation, have been normal in the trade under consideration with respect to merchandise of the same class or kind. "(16) SUCH OR SIMILAR MERCHANDISE.—The term 'such or similar merchandise' means merchandise in the first of the following categories in respect of which a determination for the purposes of subtitle B of this title can be satisfactorily made: