subject merchandise definition
subject merchandise means the class or kind of merchandise imported or sold for importation into Malaysia that is the subject of any countervailing or anti-dumping duty action under this Act, as determined by the Government to be appropriate for establishing the scope of the action;
subject merchandise in this context means “merchandise which is the subject of the investigation.” 19 U.S.C. § 1677(9) (1993). The 1994 Uruguay Round Agreements Act (“URAA”) introduced the term “subject merchandise,” defined it in relevant part as “the class or kind of merchandise that is within the scope of an investigation,” and substituted it throughout the antidumping and countervailing duty statutes for variants of both “merchandise which is the subject of the investigation” and “class or kind of the merchandise which is the subject of the investigation.” See 19 U.S.C. § 1677(25); Statement of Administrative Action accompanying the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, H.R. Doc. No. 103-316 (1994) (“SAA”) at 820, reprinted in
subject merchandise means a product which is alleged of being dumped or subsidized;