CIT Grants Reconsideration Motion as it Didn't Understand AD Ironing Table Argument

The Court of International Trade granted domestic plaintiff Home Products International, Inc.’s (HPI) motion for reconsideration of its January 2012 ruling that sustained part of the final results of the International Trade Administration’s 2007-08 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on floor-standing, metal-top ironing tables and certain parts thereof (A-570-888). CIT conceded that it “did not fully grasp HPI’s argument” against the ITA’s decision to value respondent Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd.’s carton input using market economy prices. After fully understanding HPI’s argument, CIT remanded the determination to the ITA for further explanation.

In this consolidated action, CIT also sustained the ITA’s remand redetermination of these final results on a separate AD issue regarding wage data. Since Hardware had also filed a motion for reconsideration of the CIT’s January 2012 ruling regarding certain surrogate value calculations, but CIT denied its motion.

(See ITT's Online Archives 12011003 for summary of the CIT's January 2012 ruling in this action.)

(Slip Op. 12-60, dated 05/03/12, Judge Gordon)