Regulation on Handling Import Relief Cases Article 2

An “import relief case” as referred to in this Regulation means a case in which a petition, pursuant to Paragraph 1, Article 18 of the Act, has been made for an investigation into the injury to a domestic industry caused by imports and for import reliefs.The injury to a domestic industry, as referred to in the preceding paragraph, is established when there is an increase in the quantity of the imported product concerned, or an increase in such imports relative to domestic production, and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause serious injury to the domestic industry producing like products or directly competitive products.The term “serious injury”, as referred to in the preceding paragraph, means a significant overall impairment to the domestic industry. The term “threat of serious injury” means a serious injury that has not yet occurred but is clearly imminent.