In the Matter of: )

) Investigation No.:

CERTAIN DUCTILE IRON ) TA-421-4

WATERWORKS FITTINGS FROM ) (Market Disruption)

CHINA )

Pages: 1 through 7

Place: Washington, D.C.

Date: December 4, 2003

THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

In the Matter of:	)

) Investigation No.:

CERTAIN DUCTILE IRON	) TA-421-4

WATERWORKS FITTINGS FROM	) (Market Disruption)

CHINA	)

Thursday,

December 4, 2003

Room No. 101

U.S. International Trade Commission

500 E Street, S.W.

Washington, D.C.

The commission meeting commenced, pursuant to

Notice, at 11:34 a.m., before the Commissioners of the

United States International Trade Commission, the

Honorable DEANNA TANNER OKUN, Chairman, presiding.

APPEARANCES:

On behalf of the International Trade Commission:

Commissioners:

DEANNA TANNER OKUN, CHAIRMAN

JENNIFER A. HILLMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN

MARCIA E. MILLER, COMMISSIONER

STEPHEN KOPLAN, COMMISSIONER

CHARLOTTE R. LANE, COMMISSIONER

DANIEL R. PEARSON, COMMISSIONER

APPEARANCES: (cont'd.)

Staff:

MARILYN R. ABBOTT, THE SECRETARY

WILLIAM R. BISHOP, STAFF ASSISTANT

FRED RUGGLES, INVESTIGATOR

WILLIAM GREENE, INDUSTRY ANALYST

DAVID BOYLAND, ACCOUNTANT

JOHN BENEDETTO, ECONOMIST

WILLIAM GEARHART, ATTORNEY

DIANE MAZUR, SUPERVISORY INVESTIGATOR

I N D E X

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AGENDA FOR FUTURE MEETING: NONE	4

MINUTES: NONE	4

RATIFICATION LIST: NONE	4

INV. NO. TA-421-4 (MARKET DISRUPTION) (CERTAIN	4

DUCTILE IRON WATERWORKS FITTINGS FROM CHINA) --

BRIEFING AND VOTE

OUTSTANDING ACTION JACKETS: NONE	4

P R O C E E D I N G S

(11:34 a.m.)

CHAIRMAN OKUN: This meeting of the United States International Trade Commission will please come to order.

Good morning, Madam Secretary.

MS. ABBOTT: Good morning, Madam Chairman.

CHAIRMAN OKUN: There is no agenda for future meetings or outstanding action jackets for us to consider. There are no minutes for us to consider and no ratification lists for us to consider.

We will, therefore, turn to Investigation No. TA-421-4 (Market Disruption), Certain Ductile Iron Waterworks Fittings From China.

Welcome, Ms. Mazur, and the other members of the staff who participated in this investigation.

Does any Commissioner have questions for the staff?

(No response.)

CHAIRMAN OKUN: Are there any additions or corrections to the staff report?

MS. MAZUR: Madam Chairman, there are no additions or corrections to the staff report.

CHAIRMAN OKUN: Is there any objection to approval of the staff report?

(No response.)

CHAIRMAN OKUN: Hearing none, it is approved.

Madam Secretary, will you please call the roll?

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Koplan?

COMMISSIONER KOPLAN: On the basis of the information developed in this investigation, I determine that certain ductile iron waterworks fittings from China are being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as to cause market disruption to the domestic producers of like product.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Lane?

COMMISSIONER LANE: I concur with Commissioner Koplan.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Okun?

CHAIRMAN OKUN: I vote in the affirmative.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Miller?

COMMISSIONER MILLER: I vote in the affirmative.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Hillman?

VICE CHAIRMAN HILLMAN: I vote in the affirmative.

MS. ABBOTT: Commissioner Pearson?

COMMISSIONER PEARSON: I vote in the affirmative.

MS. ABBOTT: Madam Chairman, the Commission has reached an affirmative determination in this investigation.

CHAIRMAN OKUN: Further information regarding this determination will be in a press release. The Commission is currently scheduled to transmit its determination on market disruption to the President and the United States Trade Representative on December 4, 2003.

I want to thank staff once again for their help in this investigation.

If there is no other business to come before the Commission, this meeting is adjourned.

(Whereupon, at 11:36 a.m. the commission meeting in the above-entitled matter was concluded.)

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CERTIFICATION OF TRANSCRIPTION

TITLE:	Certain Ductile Iron Waterworks

Fittings From China

INVESTIGATION NO.:	TA-421-4

HEARING DATE:	December 4, 2003

LOCATION:	Washington, D.C.

NATURE OF HEARING:	Commission Meeting

I hereby certify that the foregoing/attached transcript is a true, correct and complete record of the above-referenced proceeding(s) of the U.S. International Trade Commission.

DATE:	December 4, 2003

SIGNED:	LaShonne Robinson

Signature of the Contractor or the

Authorized Contractor's Representative

1220 L Street, N.W. - Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20005

I hereby certify that I am not the Court Reporter and that I have proofread the above-referenced transcript of the proceeding(s) of the U.S. International Trade Commission, against the aforementioned Court Reporter's notes and recordings, for accuracy in transcription in the spelling, hyphenation, punctuation and speaker-
identification, and did not make any changes of a substantive nature. The foregoing/attached transcript is a true, correct and complete transcription of the proceeding(s).

SIGNED:	Carlos Gamez

Signature of Proofreader

I hereby certify that I reported the above-
referenced proceeding(s) of the U.S. International Trade Commission and caused to be prepared from my tapes and notes of the proceedings a true, correct and complete verbatim recording of the proceeding(s).

SIGNED:	Mason Edwards

Signature of Court Reporter