[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 242 (Friday, December 17, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78967-78968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31756]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-934]


1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid From the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Decision of the Court of International 
Trade Not in Harmony

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On September 13, 2010, the United States Court of 
International Trade (``CIT'') sustained the remand determination made 
by the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') pursuant to the 
CIT's remand of the final determination in the antidumping duty 
investigation on 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (``HEDP'') 
from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') and ordered the case 
dismissed.\1\ This case arises out of the Department's final 
determination in the antidumping investigation on HEDP from the PRC.\2\ 
The final judgment in this case was not in harmony with the 
Department's Final Determination.
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    \1\ See Changzhou Wujin Fine Chemical Factory Co., Ltd. v. 
United States, No. 09-00216, Slip Op. 10-85 (Ct. Int'l Trade Aug. 5, 
2010); Changzhou Wujin Fine Chemical Factory Co., Ltd. v. United 
States, No. 09-00216, Slip Op. 10-103 (Ct. Int'l Trade Sept. 13, 
2010).
    \2\ See 1-Hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-Diphosphonic Acid from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, 74 FR 10545 (March 11, 2009) (``Final 
Determination'').

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DATES: Effective Date: September 23, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shawn Higgins, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0679.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 11, 2009, the Department published 
its Final Determination in which it determined that HEDP from the PRC 
is being, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than 
fair value as provided in section 735 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the ``Act'').\3\
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    \3\ Id. at 10545.
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    Separate rate respondent companies Changzhou Wujin Fine Chemical 
Factory Co., Ltd. (``Wujin Fine'') and Jiangsu Jianghai Chemical Group 
Co., Ltd. (``Jiangsu Jianghai'') timely challenged certain aspects of 
the Final Determination to the CIT. Among the issues raised before the 
CIT was whether the Department properly corroborated the adverse facts 
available (``AFA'') rate upon which it relied in calculating the 
separate rate.
    On February 8, 2010, the CIT granted the United States' motion for 
a voluntary remand to reconsider the separate rate assigned to Wujin 
Fine and Jiangsu Jianghai after examining whether the Department 
corroborated the AFA rate upon which it relied in calculating the 
separate rate.\4\ In a remand determination filed on May 3, 2010, the 
Department determined that the AFA rate upon which the Department 
relied in calculating the separate rate was not corroborated in the 
Final Determination.\5\ Consequently, the

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Department calculated a revised separate rate of 15.47 percent for 
Wujin Fine and Jiangsu Jianghai relying on a second AFA rate that did 
not require corroboration. The CIT sustained the Department's remand 
redetermination on August 5, 2010, and subsequently dismissed the 
case.\6\
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    \4\ See Changzhou Wujin Fine Chemical Factory Co., Ltd. v. 
United States, No. 09-00216 (Ct. Int'l Trade Feb. 8, 2010).
    \5\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Order: Changzhou Wujin Fine Chemical Factory Co., Ltd. v. United 
States (May 3, 2010) at 1-9.
    \6\ See Changzhou Wujin Fine Chemical Factory Co., Ltd. v. 
United States, No. 09-00216, Slip Op. 10-103 (Ct. Int'l Trade Sept. 
13, 2010).
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    On November 12, 2010, Wujin Fine and Jiangsu Jianghai filed an 
appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit 
(``CAFC'') of the CIT's decision.

Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337, 341 
(Fed. Cir. 1990) (``Timken''), the CAFC held that, pursuant to section 
516A(e) of the Act, the Department must publish a notice of a court 
decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a Department determination and 
must suspend liquidation of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court 
decision. The CIT's decision of September 13, 2010, constitutes a final 
decision of that court that is not in harmony with the Department's 
Final Determination. This notice is published in fulfillment of the 
publication requirements of Timken. In the event the CIT's decision is 
affirmed on appeal, the Department will publish an amended final 
determination revising the separate rate assigned to Wujin Fine and 
Jiangsu Jianghai and issue revised cash deposit instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
516A(c)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 10, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-31756 Filed 12-16-10; 8:45 am]
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