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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that there is a reasonable indication of material injury to the domestic automotive replacement glass industry due to imports from the People's Republic of China. Apogee Enterprises, Inc. is a co-petitioner on behalf of its manufacturing subsidiary, Viracon/Curvlite, along with PPG Industries in the antidumping investigation of imported windshields from China.

As a result of the decision, the government's investigation in the case moves forward at the Department of Commerce, which investigates whether the imports are being sold below fair value, or "dumped." "The Commission's decision confirms what Apogee and its co-petitioners PPG Industries, Inc. and Safelite Corp. were saying when we filed our petition on February 28 - there is evidence that imports of replacement windshields from China are causing harm to the domestic industry," said Patricia A. Beithon, Apogee's general counsel.

"[The] ITC decision is an important step in our industry's efforts to restore fair trade conditions in the U.S. for replacement windshields," said PPG's Garry A. Goudy, vice president of automotive replacement glass. "Chinese imports have been offered at very depressed prices, creating serious problems for domestic producers," Goudy noted. "PPG, as one of the nation's leading producers, will continue to participate in the government's investigation to assure that problems from imports that American producers face daily are understood and acted upon by our government."

"Prices in the market have been severely depressed because of the large influx in Chinese imports since 1998, and as a result, domestic producers such as our subsidiary have been under tremendous pressure. Some producers have exited the industry altogether and one major producer declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy in mid-2000. The conditions under which we were being forced to compete by the Chinese imports are simply untenable," said Beithon "We are hopeful that this decision means that conditions of fair pricing soon will be restored to our market," he added

"Apogee will continue to participate actively in this investigation and provide the government support to bring this case to a successful conclusion: namely, restoration of fair pricing in the U.S. market."

The ITC's affirmative determination means the Department of Commerce will begin to collect information on whether imported automotive replacement glass from China is being sold at below fair value.

The Department's preliminary findings are scheduled to be issued no later than August 7, 2001. If such findings are affirmative, importers then will be required to post a bond and, if the ITC makes an affirmative final injury determination, post cash deposits to offset the unfair trade practices. The final Commission determination is not likely until Spring 2002.

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