Gathering Industry Information and Preparing Questionnaires

As soon as the anti-dumping investigation has been formally initiated, the investigating authorities should immediately begin the process of collecting the additional industry data that will be necessary to thoroughly evaluate allegations of material injury, threat of material injury, and the causal link between alleged injury and the dumped imports. The ability of the investigating authorities to properly analyze injury and causal issues, and thus the likelihood of avoiding or withstanding any dispute settlement challenges to the definitive injury determination, will depend to a significant extent on the quality of the information gathered in the investigation process.