Commerce Issues Amended Remand Dropping 'Extraneous Legal Argument' in Scope Challenge

The Commerce Department submitted an amended remand submission to the Court of International Trade removing "extraneous legal argument" as instructed by the court. The remand results, originally submitted in January, excluded exporter Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Co.'s dual-stenciled pipe from the scope of the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand. The court said that Commerce was wrong to include Saha Thai's products in the scope of the order since there was no International Trade Commission injury determination on line pipe from Thailand (see 2110070029) (Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Company v. United States, CIT #20-00133).