CIT Remands ITA Country of Origin Finding in 2008-09 China Tapered Bearings AD Review

The Court of International Trade remanded aspects of the 2008-09 antidumping administrative review of tapered roller bearings from China (A-570-601), including the International Trade Administration’s determination that respondent Peer Bearing Company-Changshan’s (CPZ) bearings processed in Thailand are of Chinese origin, and are therefore subject merchandise. The ITA relied on irrelevant criteria in finding the bearings to be of Chinese origin, such as whether the Thai bearings were of the same “class or kind” of merchandise as the Chinese parts, CIT said. The agency also failed to back up its claim that the Thai processing did not add significant value, it said. CIT ordered the ITA to rely only on “criteria relevant to whether the parts exported to Thailand were substantially transformed” in its redetermination.