Section 337 Statistics: Average Length of Investigations | United States International Trade Commission

Updated: 02/15/2023

Average Length of Investigations by Fiscal Year, Completion Time (in Months) (Updated Quarterly)

Fiscal Year	Completed on Merits^a	Shortest^a	Longest^a	Average^a	Average for all Inv^c
2006	12	3.5	19.0	12.0	11.2
2007	12	8.0	23.5	16.6	12.0
2008	15	6.0	28.0	16.7	13.2
2009	16	3.5	28.5	17.9	10.4
2010	22^b	6.4	25.4	18.4	12.5
2011	17	5.2	24.2	13.7	9.9
2012	22	2.6	28.9	16.7	12.6
2013	21	4.3	30.1	19.7	13.3
2014	18	7.4	23.9	17.1	13.9
2015	11	5.6	21.9	15.6	11.4
2016	16	4.4	21	15.8	10.8
2017	16	3.7	27.2	15.1	10.3
2018	21	5.3	21.4	15.85	11.2
2019	22	9.4	29.3	17.7	14.1
2020	35	8.2	28.1	18.6	15.3
2021	18	8.1	29.8	18.2	11.8
2022	36	5.5	27.42	17.1	12.8
Q1 2023	9	5.6	23.5	17.23	15.06

Source: USITC, Annual Performance Plan FY2014-2015 and Annual Performance Report, FY2013; USITC, Annual Performance Plan FY2015–2016 and Annual Performance Report, FY 2014; USITC, EDIS.

^aIncludes investigations in which the Commission rendered a final determination on the merits as to a violation.

^bFY 2010 data exclude an anomalous case pending since 2004, which took 79 months to complete because of a subpoena enforcement issue.

^cThe average on this column represents all investigations completed during the period, including terminations based on settlements, consent orders, complaint withdrawals and merit-based final determinations.