Thai Mattress Exporter Bows Out of CIT Case in Which It Received Over 760% AD Rate

The Court of International Trade in an Oct. 4 order granted a consent motion to remove antidumping duty respondent Saffron Living Co. from a case on the AD investigation on mattresses from Thailand. Per the motion to remove, Saffron said it withdrew from participation in the underlying AD investigation and "has thus concluded that continued participation in this appeal is no longer in its commercial interests" (Brooklyn Bedding. et al. v. United States, CIT # 21-00285).

In the case at CIT, the Commerce Department shifted on remand to relying entirety on adverse facts available, hiking Saffron's AD rate up from 37.48% to 763.28% (see 2309200030). Commerce issued the remand redetermination in response to an opinion from the trade court rejecting the agency's reliance on unverified data from Saffron and its refusal to apply either the transactions disregarded rule or major input rules due to Saffron's substantial affiliated-party transactions (see 2307210031).