Parties Close to Settlement in Case on Single Respondent Selected in AD Review, Filing Says

Exporters of stainless steel flanges from India are close to a settlement with the government to avoid a remand in a case involving an antidumping duty review in which the Commerce Department selected only one respondent (Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited v. U.S., CIT Consol. # 21-00512).

The Court of International Trade had in December ruled against Commerce’s application of a 145.24% adverse facts available rate set for that single respondent to 15 non-individually reviewed companies, finding Commerce was required to pick more than one respondent where others are available (see 2312110043).

“In the time since the Court issued its most recent order, the parties have arrived at potential material terms for the resolution of this matter. The parties are in the process of reducing those terms to writing,” parties to the case said in a joint status report May 24. Those parties don’t include Chandan, the lone respondent selected by Commerce in the review.

The parties asked CIT to mandate another status report in 30 days “advising the Court regarding the progress of these discussions, and proposing a schedule for further proceedings.”