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If Mexican chicken costs less at the grocery store, does that prove dumping? That price tag tells you what one product costs here. But it doesn't tell you whether the export price was unfair by trade rules. Dumping means an export is sold below an appropriate measure of fair value, based on a relevant price or cost comparison. A cheaper shelf price alone isn't that test. Here's the flip: a lower price can raise a question, but it proves neither dumping nor grounds for penalties. To impose anti-dumping duties, there must also be evidence that imports caused-or threaten-significant harm to U.S. producers, and that the imports are linked to that harm. So a claim about Mexican chicken is an allegation, not a finding. Is dumping proven by a lower price? No-not by itself. Trade penalties require evidence of unfair pricing and harm to U.S. producers.