Opinion ID: 3066250
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Regional Data

Text: Jacobi argues that substantial record evidence does not support Commerce’s determination that the Cocommunity data describes “regional” prices from a single state in the Philippines, not national prices. We disagree. The record shows that the Cocommunity data covers only a single region of the Philippines. The chart from which the Cocommunity data is taken indicates that the price of coconut shell charcoal is for “Philippines (Domestic), Visayas, Buyer.” J.A. 191. The Visayas is one of three principal geographical regions of the Philippines. By contrast, other entries on the Cocommunity chart indicate 16 JACOBI CARBONS AB v. US that they are national, not regional. Id. (listing coconut shell charcoal from “Sri Lanka (Domestic)” and desiccated coconut from “Philippines (Domestic)”). This constitutes substantial record evidence that the Cocommunity data is regional, not national. Appellants did not show in the record for this administrative review that the Cocommunity coconut shell charcoal prices are representative, despite being regional. Jacobi Carbons, 992 F. Supp. 2d at 1369. For example, the record does not show that the Visayas region is a substantial portion of the market for coconut shell charcoal or that prices in the Visayas are reflective of the national Philippine market. Without record evidence to the contrary, we conclude that substantial evidence supported Commerce’s finding that the Cocommunity prices were less representative of a broad market average than the Philippine import data.