Countervailing duty circumvention investigations require sufficient evidence, exporting-country notification, and completion within the prescribed investigation period.

Countervailing duty circumvention investigations may be initiated on a domestic industry application supported by sufficient evidence, or by the designated authority on its own initiative where information indicates circumvention. The exporting country's Government must be notified before initiation. The Central Government may, on recommendation, provisionally assess allegedly circumventing imports and require an importer's guarantee pending its decision. Applicable investigation evidence and procedure apply correspondingly. Investigations must ordinarily conclude within twelve months and may extend up to eighteen months for recorded reasons.

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