CIT Affirms China Wood Flooring Final Determination on Remand

The Court of International Trade affirmed the results of a remand of the final determination in the countervailing duty investigation of multilayered wood flooring from China (C-570-971). In August, CIT remanded the International Trade Administration’s finding that two respondents were uncooperative because they didn’t respond to the quantity & value questionnaire in the investigation. Later in the proceeding, and at the ITA’s request, the two companies placed evidence on the record that the ITA used the wrong names for the firms. The ITA said the submissions were untimely, and assigned the companies an adverse facts available rate. In its remand, CIT ordered the ITA to consider the evidence. The plaintiffs supported the remand redetermination, so CIT affirmed.