§2440. East-West Trade Statistics Monitoring System

The International Trade Commission shall establish and maintain a program to monitor imports of articles into the United States, from nonmarket economy countries and exports of articles from the United States to nonmarket economy countries. To the extent feasible, the Commission shall coordinate such program with any relevant data gathering programs presently conducted by the Secretary of Commerce. The Secretary of Commerce shall provide the Commission with any information which, in the determination of the Commission, is necessary to carry out this section. The Commission shall publish a detailed summary of the data collected under the East-West Trade Statistics Monitoring System not less frequently than once each calendar quarter and shall transmit such publication to the East-West Foreign Trade Board and to Congress. Such publication shall include data on the effect of such imports, if any, on the production of like, or directly competitive, articles in the United States and on employment within the industry which produces like, or directly competitive, articles in the United States.

( Pub. L. 93–618, title IV, §410, Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2065 .)

Transfer of Functions

East-West Foreign Trade Board abolished by Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1979, §6, 44 F.R. 69275, 93 Stat. 1381, eff. Jan. 2, 1980, as provided by section 1–107(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 12188, Jan. 2, 1980, 45 F.R. 993, set out as notes under section 2171 of this title. Functions of Board under subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 2441 of this title transferred to interagency organization established under section 1872 of this title, and functions of Board under subsec. (c) of section 2441 of this title transferred to President by section 5(c) and (e) of Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1979.