The Treasury Department ruled today that the $440, 000 worth of Portland cement imported from Israel last year was not being “dumped” on the United States market. Penalty tariffs can be applied when the Treasury finds that a foreign product is being sold in the United States at a lower price than is charged in the home market, and if the United States Tariff Commission finds that the practice injures businesses in this country.
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