US embassy cable - 05PRETORIA3922

UNCLAS PRETORIA 003922 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/S; AF/EPS; EB/TPP 
USDOC FOR 4510/ITA/IEP/ANESA/OA/JDIEMOND 
TREASURY FOR BRESNICK 
DEPT PASS USTR FOR PCOLEMAN 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD, ECON, SF 
SUBJECT: SOUTH AFRICA: INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED DUMPING OF 
FEED SUPPLEMENTS 
 
 
1. (U) On September 22, post received a letter from the 
International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South 
Africa informing us of an investigation into the alleged dumping 
of feed supplements containing lysine that are imported from the 
United States from the Degussa Corporation, located in Blair 
Nebraska.  Following please find the text of this letter. 
 
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In accordance with the provisions of Article 6.7 of the Agreement 
on Implementation of Article VI of the General agreement on 
Tariffs and Trade, 1994, the Government of the United States of 
America is hereby informed that Mr. Ephraim Mogashoa, Ms. Selma 
Takacs, and Ms. Porcia Mphahlele of the Directorate: Trade 
Remedies will carry out investigations in the USA during the 
period 10/01/2005 to 10/07/2005 in order to verify the accuracy 
of the information provided in their response to the ITAC 
exporter's questionnaire. 
 
The company that will be visited and which has indicated its 
willingness to cooperate is: 
 
Degussa Corporation 
650 Industrial Road 
P.O. Box 544 
Blair, NE 68116 
USA 
Tel +1 402 533 1518 
 
Should you need any further information in this regard, please do 
not hesitate to contact the Director: Trade Remedies at Tel. 
(012) 394-3600. 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
Karina Grove 
Director: Trade Remedies 
 
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