Opinion ID: 216982
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Review of Case

Text: Light weight thermal paper (LWTP) is a thin paper with a thermal active coating, a mixture of dye and developer, that changes color upon contact with heat. LWTP products are classified by weight, measured in grams per square meter, and roll type, produced in either jumbo or slit rolls. In the underlying antidumping duty investigation, Commerce established a single class or kind of merchandise that included 48 gram LWTP. Although the parties were afforded an opportunity to contest Commerce's class or kind determination, Koehler did not do so. See Lightweight Thermal Paper from Germany: Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 73 Fed.Reg. 57,327-28 (Oct. 2, 2008). Hence, when Commerce published its final antidumping duty margins, it set out a single dumping rate applicable to all products that constituted the single class or kind merchandise, including the 48 gram LWTP. Id. at 57,328. Prior to the Commission making its final injury determination, Koehler requested that the Commission review certain computer printouts of intermediate antidumping duty calculations for the 48 gram LWTP product. Koehler requested that the Commission use the intermediate dumping margins, or a variation thereof, in place of the pricing data the Commission had developed for the 48 gram LWTP product. The Commission denied the request. Koehler appealed the Commission's denial to the Court of International Trade. The Court of International Trade affirmed the Commission. Papierfabrik August Koehler AG v. United States, 675 F.Supp.2d 1172, 1191-92 (Ct. Int'l Trade 2009). Koehler appealed to this court, and upon briefs and oral argument, a panel of this court vacated and remanded the decision of the Court of International Trade. Papierfabrik August Koehler AG v. United States, 413 Fed.Appx. 227, 231-32 (Fed. Cir.2011) (Panel Op.). The Commission petitioned for rehearing, which was denied by the panel. The Commission also petitioned for en banc rehearing of the panel's opinion, which also was denied by the court. I dissent from the denial of en banc review.