Screen for possible orders
Use product terms, HTS signals, and origin to identify orders that may deserve a closer scope review.
Learn which product, origin, exporter, and case facts belong in an AD/CVD scope review. Open the decisions search when you need the live Commerce or USITC record.
Use product terms, HTS signals, and origin to identify orders that may deserve a closer scope review.
Keep the product description, HTS, origin, exporter, and case references together when the same exposure needs repeated review.
Review Commerce scope language, rate context, USITC determinations, and effective dates before relying on the result.
Start with product scope, origin, exporter, and case context. Then search the decisions record for the current case and source-linked rate context.
No. HTS can be a useful signal, but AD/CVD scope turns on the order language, product description, origin, and review history.
A useful review record includes case references, product facts, exporter context, source links, and the open question that still needs resolution.
No. Treat it as scope triage. Rates and applicability should be confirmed against Commerce sources and the specific import facts.
Administrative reviews, scope rulings, and rate changes often matter later. Keeping the product line connected to the source record makes those changes reviewable.
Use the Traverse Decisions page to search Commerce and USITC records by product, country, petitioner, HTSUS, or case number.