CVD Reviews of Multilayered Wood Flooring from China: CIT Remands in Ninth and Tenth Reviews
What happened
The U.S. Court of International Trade has ruled on Commerce's remand redeterminations in two administrative reviews of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring from China. In Slip Op. 26-124, the court sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's remand results in the ninth administrative review, covering January 1 through December 31, 2019; the court reviewed Commerce's use of UN Comtrade and ITTO Peru data in the face and backboard veneer benchmarks and the plywood benchmark, and its use of adverse facts available. In Slip Op. 26-129, in Court No. 23-00136, the court sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's remand redetermination in the tenth administrative review, for January 1 through December 31, 2020; plaintiffs Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. and Riverside Plywood Corporation challenged Commerce's inclusion of non-grade-specific UN Comtrade data in the tie. Both matters remain before the CIT on remand; no final rates or effective dates are stated in the reports.
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Developments
- Oct 20, 00:00 · 1 reportCIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's CVD remand results on multilayered wood flooring from ChinaCIT · Slip Opinions: CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's CVD remand results on multilayered wood flooring from China
- Oct 9, 00:00 · 1 reportCIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's remand redetermination in ninth CVD review of multilayered wood flooring from ChinaCIT · Slip Opinions: CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's remand redetermination in ninth CVD review of multilayered wood flooring from China
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- CIT · Slip OpinionsCIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's CVD remand results on multilayered wood flooring from China
The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-129 in Court No. 23-00136, sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's remand redetermination in the tenth administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring from China, for the period of review January 1 through December 31, 2020. Plaintiffs Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. and Riverside Plywood Corporation challenged Commerce's inclusion of non-grade-specific UN Comtrade data in the tier two plywood benchmark and its use of adverse facts available to find certain input suppliers to be government authorities. The court sustained in part and remanded in part the Remand Results.
- CIT · Slip OpinionsCIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's remand redetermination in ninth CVD review of multilayered wood flooring from China
The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-124, sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's remand redetermination in the ninth administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring from China for the January 1 through December 31, 2019 period of review. The court reviewed Commerce's use of UN Comtrade and ITTO Peru data in the face and backboard veneer benchmarks and the plywood benchmark, and its use of adverse facts available to find certain of Baroque's input suppliers to be government authorities. The opinion is dated October 9, 2026, in Consol. Court No. 22-00210 before Judge Timothy M. Reif.