CIT Sustains Thai Bags AD Redo on Zeroing, Constructed Value
The Court of International Trade accepted the remand redetermination of the 2008-09 antidumping duty administrative review of polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand (A-549-821), finding the International Trade Administration’s explanation of zeroing to be adequate, and a shift in how it applied the “transactions disregarded” rule for calculation of constructed value to be reasonable. Thai Bags Plastic Industries’ AD rate rose to 21.29 percent (from 2015 percent) as a result. CIT had remanded the final results in June.
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(See ITT’s Online Archive 12062548 for summary of CIT’s June 2012 remand.)
(Thai Plastic Bags Indust., Co., Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op. 13-21, Judge Pogue, dated 02/11/13)
(Attorneys: Irene Chen of Chen Law Group for plaintiff Thai Bags Plastic Industries, Co., Ltd.; Vincent Phillips for defendant U.S. government; Joseph Dorn of King & Spalding for defendant-intervenors Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bag Committee, Hilex Poly Co., LLC, and Superbag Corporation)