Slip Op. 11-90
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
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YANGZHOU BESTPAK GIFTS & :
CRAFTS CO., LTD., :
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Plaintiff, :
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v. : Before: Judith M. Barzilay, Senior Judge
: Court No. 10-00295
UNITED STATES, :
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Defendant, :
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and :
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BERWICK OFFRAY LLC, :
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Defendant-Intervenor. :
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OPINION & ORDER
[The court grants in part and denies in part Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment upon the Agency
Record and remands for further proceedings.]
Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt, LLP (Bruce M. Mitchell, Mark E. Pardo,
and Andrew T. Schutz), for Plaintiff Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts & Crafts Co., Ltd.
Tony West, Assistant Attorney General; Jeanne E. Davidson, Director; Patricia M. McCarthy,
Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice
(Renee Gerber); and Scott D. McBride, U.S. Department of Commerce, Of Counsel, for
Defendant United States.
Pepper Hamilton LLP (Gregory C. Dorris), for Defendant-Intervenor Berwick-Offray LLC.
Dated: July 26, 2011
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Barzilay, Senior Judge: Plaintiff Yangzhou Bestpak Gifts & Crafts Co., Ltd. (“Plaintiff”
or “Bestpak”) challenges a certain methodology used by the U.S. Department of Commerce (“the
Department” or “Commerce”) to calculate the separate rate margin in Narrow Woven Ribbons
With Woven Selvedge From the People’s Republic of China, 75 Fed. Reg. 41,808 (Dep’t of
Commerce July 19, 2010) (“Final Determination”), as amended Narrow Woven Ribbons with
Woven Selvedge from the People’s Republic of China, 75 Fed. Reg. 51,979 (Dep’t of Commerce
Aug. 24, 2010) (amended final determination). First, Plaintiff avers that the methodology used
by Defendant does not accord with law. Pl.’s Br. 8-22. Bestpak next argues that Commerce did
not support with substantial evidence the calculated separate rate, where the agency used a
simple average of the adverse facts available rate and the de minimis rate assigned, respectively,
to the two mandatory respondents. Pl.’s Br. 8-22. Defendant counters that the Department
reasonably interpreted the relevant statutory provisions and that the selected methodology
comports with law.1 Def.’s Br. 8-22. For the reasons below, the court finds that Commerce’s use
of a simple average of a zero or de minimis rate with a rate based on adverse facts available to
calculate a separate rate accords with law. Nevertheless, the court also holds that in this instance
the agency did not support with substantial evidence the separate rate calculated for Bestpak.
I. Background
On August 6, 2009, Commerce initiated an antidumping duty investigation of narrow
woven ribbons from the People’s Republic of China and Taiwan for the period spanning January
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Defendant-Intervenor devotes its argument principally to reciting the relevant standard
of review and requests that the court find the agency’s construction of the statute to be
reasonable. Def.-Intervenor’s Br. 7-17.
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1 to June 30, 2009. See Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People’s
Republic of China and Taiwan, 74 Fed. Reg. 39,291, 39,292 (Dep’t of Commerce Aug. 6, 2009)
(initiation of investigations). At that time, Commerce issued quantity and data value
questionnaires to all known Chinese exporters and producers for the purpose of selecting
mandatory respondents. Id. at 39,296. After Commerce received responses from nineteen
companies, including Bestpak, Commerce decided that “it would not be practicable to determine
individual dumping margins for each known exporter and/or producer . . . .” Resp’t Selection
Mem. (Sept. 11, 2009), Pub. Doc. 94 at 3. Accordingly, Commerce selected the two largest
exporters and producers of the subject merchandise as mandatory respondents: Ningbo Jintian
Import & Export Co., Ltd. (“Ningbo Jintian”) and Yama Ribbons & Bows Co., Ltd. (“Yama”).
Pub. Doc. 94 at 3. Ningbo Jintian’s former counsel withdrew their appearance on September 17,
2009, and shortly thereafter informed Commerce that the antidumping questionnaire had been
forwarded to Ningbo Jintian. Mem. to the File re: Antidumping Duty Investigation on Narrow
Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People’s Republic of China: Ningbo Jintian
(Oct. 6, 2009), Pub. Doc. 109 at 1 (discussing Ningbo Jintian telephone conversation). The
company “failed to submit responses to any section of the Department’s antidumping
questionnaires.” Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People’s Republic of
China, 75 Fed. Reg. 7,244, 7,245 (Dep’t of Commerce Feb. 18, 2010) (“Preliminary
Determination”). Yama, the other mandatory respondent, participated fully throughout the
investigation. See id. Bestpak filed a separate rate application to establish its de jure and de
facto independence, since Commerce presumes government control of entities in non-market
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economy investigations. See Bestpak Separate Rate Application (Oct. 5, 2009), Pub. Doc. 102 at
1-21. Notably, Bestpak did not apply to be a voluntary respondent at any time during the
investigation. Issues and Decision Mem. (July 12, 2010), Pub. Doc. 382 at 21-22.
Commerce issued its preliminary determination on February 18, 2010. Preliminary
Determination, 75 Fed. Reg. at 7,244. Commerce assigned Yama a de minimis margin and
determined that Ningbo Jintian operated as part of the China-wide entity because the company
“failed to demonstrate that it operates free of government control.” Id. at 7,250, 7,253.
Additionally, because Ningbo Jintian failed to provide the required information, Commerce
applied adverse facts available to calculate the company’s dumping margin. Id at 7,250-51.
Commerce corroborated Ningbo Jintian’s adverse facts available rate by comparing it to “model-
specific margins” found for Yama to ensure that it fell within the purportedly acceptable range of
selected weighted-average margins.2 Id. at 7,251; Final Corroboration Mem. (July 12, 2010),
Pub. Doc. 376 at 2, Conf. Doc. 375 at 2. With respect to the separate rate, Commerce averaged
the de minimis rate of Yama and the adverse facts available rate assigned to Ningbo Jintian.
Preliminary Determination, 75 Fed. Reg. at 7,249. In effect, the resulting separate rate equaled
one half of the adverse facts available rate. Id.
Commerce issued its final determination on July 19, 2010. See Final Determination, 75
Fed. Reg. at 41,808. In the final results, Commerce confirmed the de minimis rate and the
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Because the model-specific margins determined for Yama during the period of
investigation varied greatly, Commerce randomly selected a certain number of margins within
this wide range to corroborate the adverse facts available rate. Final Corroboration Mem., Pub.
Doc. 376 at 2, Conf. Doc. 375 at 2. Commerce based the margins on a very small percentage of
Yama’s total sales of the subject merchandise during the period of investigation. Final
Corroboration Mem., Pub. Doc. 376 at 2, Conf. Doc. 375 at 2.
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adverse facts available rate previously assigned to Yama and Ningbo Jintian, respectively. Id. at
41,811-12. Commerce calculated a final adverse facts available rate of 247.65% for Ningbo
Jintian. Id. at 41,812. Commerce once again calculated the separate rate by averaging Ningbo
Jintian’s adverse facts available rate and the de minimis rate calculated for Yama, which resulted
in a separate rate of 123.83% for Bestpak. Id. The Department explained its justification for
assigning such a rate to Bestpak by noting that the statute and legislative history “explicitly
permit[] such averaging.” Issues and Decision Mem., Pub. Doc. 382 at 19. Commerce also
noted that it could not investigate an additional respondent due to time restraints and limited
resources, and that alternative calculations suggested by Bestpak did not more accurately reflect
potential dumping margins. Issues and Decision Mem., Pub. Doc. 382 at 21-23.
II. Subject Matter Jurisdiction & Standard of Review
The Court has exclusive jurisdiction over any civil action commenced under section
516A of the Tariff Act of 1930, codified and amended as 19 U.S.C. § 1516a(a)(2)(B)(i). 28
U.S.C. § 1581(c). In reviewing Commerce’s antidumping duty determination, the court will hold
unlawful any determination “unsupported by substantial evidence on the record, or otherwise not
in accordance with law.” § 1516a(b)(1)(B)(i).
To ascertain whether Commerce’s determination accords with law, the court turns to the
two-part test articulated by the Supreme Court in Chevron, U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Res. Def.
Council, Inc., 467 U.S 837 (1984). First, the court must determine whether Congress directly
spoke to the precise question at issue and clearly expressed its purpose and intent in the
governing statute. Id. at 842-43. In so doing, the Court employs traditional tools of statutory
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construction, looking first to the plain meaning of the statutory text. See id. at 843 n.9. The
court also may look to the statute’s structure and legislative history. Timex V.I., Inc. v. United
States, 157 F.3d 879, 882 (Fed. Cir. 1998).
If the statute does not clearly answer the relevant question, then the court must turn to the
second step and decide whether the agency’s interpretation amounts to a permissible construction
of the statute. Chevron, U.S.A., Inc., 467 U.S. at 843. In deciding whether the agency acted
within its discretionary authority to interpret the intention and purposes of the law, the court must
discern whether the Department offered a “sufficiently reasonable” interpretation of the statute.
Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States, 437 U.S. 443, 450-51 (1978) (citing Train v. Natural Res.
Def. Council, Inc., 421 U.S. 60, 75 (1975)); accord Am. Lamb Co. v. United States, 785 F.2d
994, 1001 (Fed. Cir. 1986) (“Though a court may reject an agency interpretation that contravenes
clearly discernible legislative intent, its role when that intent is not contravened is to determine
whether the agency’s interpretation is ‘sufficiently reasonable.’” (citation omitted)). To survive
judicial scrutiny, Commerce’s interpretation need not be “the only reasonable interpretation or
even the most reasonable interpretation.” Koyo Seiko Co. v. United States, 36 F.3d 1565, 1570
(Fed. Cir. 1994). Importantly, the Court will defer to a reasonable interpretation even where the
Court might have adopted a different interpretation. Chevron, 467 U.S. at 843 n.11.
In deciding whether Commerce supports its determination with substantial evidence, the
court must look to whether the agency offered “more than a mere scintilla” of relevant proof.
Univ. Camera Corp. v. N.L.R.B., 340 U.S. 474, 477 (1951) (citation omitted). Substantial
evidence amounts to “such relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as adequate to
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support a conclusion” in light of the entire record, including whatever “fairly detracts from the
substantiality of the evidence.” Ta Chen Stainless Steel Pipe, Inc. v. United States, 298 F.3d
1330, 1335 (Fed. Cir. 2002) (quotation marks & citations omitted). This standard requires the
Department to thoroughly examine the record and “articulate a satisfactory explanation for its
action including a ‘rational connection between the facts found and the choice made.’” Motor
Vehicle Mfrs. Ass’n of the U.S., Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Ins. Co., 463 U.S. 29, 43 (1983) (citation
omitted). That the Court may draw two inconsistent conclusions “does not prevent an
administrative agency’s finding from being supported by substantial evidence.” Consolo v. Fed.
Mar. Commc’n, 383 U.S. 607, 620 (1966) (citation omitted).
III. Discussion
A. Commerce Reasonably Interpreted the Relevant Statute When It Used the Subject
Methodology to Calculate the Separate Rate for Bestpak
In non-market economy investigations, the Department presumes that respondent
companies operate under foreign government control. Sigma Corp. v. United States, 117 F.3d
1401, 1405 (Fed. Cir. 1997); Qingdao Taifa Grp. Co. v. United States, 33 CIT __, ___, 637 F.
Supp. 2d 1231, 1240 (2009). In the course of its investigations, Commerce affords respondents
the opportunity to establish an absence of de jure and de facto government control and thereby
secure a separate rate. Sigma Corp., 117 F.3d at 1405; Qingdao Taifa Grp. Co., 33 CIT at ___,
637 F. Supp. 2d at 1240-41. To calculate the separate rate for non-individually investigated
respondents in non-market economy investigations, Commerce normally relies on the statutory
provision in 19 U.S.C. § 1673d(c)(5)(A), which describes the all-others rate used in market
economy investigations. Bristol Metals L.P. v. United States, 34 CIT __, ___, 703 F. Supp. 2d
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1370, 1378 (2010) (citation omitted); see Amanda Foods (Vietnam) Ltd. v. United States, 33 CIT
__, ___, 647 F. Supp. 2d 1368, 1379 (2009). The statute instructs the Department to weight-
average the rates calculated for the investigated parties, excluding de minimis or zero rates and
rates based on facts available, to determine the separate rate. § 1673d(c)(5)(A). However,
[i]f the estimated weighted average dumping margins established for all
exporters and producers individually investigated are zero or de minimis
margins, or are determined entirely under [19 U.S.C. § 1677e], the administering
authority may use any reasonable method to establish the estimated all-others rate
for exporters and producers not individually investigated, including averaging the
estimated weighted average dumping margins determined for the exporters and
producers individually investigated.
§ 1673d(c)(5)(B). According to the Statement of Administrative Action of the Uruguay Round
Agreements Act, when Commerce’s investigation results entirely in zero or de minimis rates, or
rates calculated under § 1677e, the agency should weight-average the zero and de minimis
margins and margins determined pursuant to facts available. Uruguay Round Agreements Act,
Statement of Administrative Action, H.R. Doc. No. 103-316, vol. 1, at 873 (1994), reprinted in
1994 U.S.C.C.A.N. 4040, 4201 (“Statement of Administrative Action”). If this “expected
methodology” does not prove feasible, however, Commerce may use any other reasonable
method. Id. Importantly, any methodology used by Commerce must reasonably reflect the
potential dumping margins for non-investigated exporters or producers. Id.
The relevant statutory text does not directly address the precise question at issue: whether
it is permissible to use a simple average to calculate separate rates in a non-market economy
investigation where one respondent receives an adverse facts available rate and the other receives
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a de minimis rate. § 1673d(c)(5)(A). Therefore, the Court must determine whether Commerce
reasonably interpreted the statute under the second step of Chevron. 467 U.S. at 843.
Bestpak argues that Commerce’s method does not accord with law or constitute a
permissible interpretation of the statute. Pl.’s Br. 8-14. Bestpak contends that distinct
circumstances in market and non-market economy investigations render the methodology
unlawful, Pl.’s Br. 14-16, and that the statute does not permit Commerce to include the adverse
facts available rate in the calculation of a separate rate, Pl.’s Reply 3. Defendant and Defendant-
Intervenor Berwick Offray, LLC (“Berwick Offray”) counter by arguing that Commerce’s
reasonable interpretation of the statute compels Chevron deference. Def.’s Br. 10-12; Def.-
Intervenor’s Br. 7-17. Moreover, Defendant avers that the methodology comports with the
relevant statutory language, the legislative history, and Commerce’s past practices. Def.’s Br.
10-19.
The court finds that the methodology used by Commerce reasonably accords with the
relevant statutory language and legislative history. The statutory exception to the general rule for
determining non-investigated respondents allows Commerce to use any reasonable method, and
explicitly states that the administering authority may average the “estimated weighted average
dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers individually investigated.”
§ 1673d(c)(5)(B). The legislative history reinforces this interpretation: the Statement of
Administrative Action provides that Commerce should use the expected methodology when the
record contains only zero and de minimis margins, and margins determined pursuant to adverse
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facts available. H.R. Doc. No. 103-316 at 873, reprinted in 1994 U.S.C.C.A.N. at 4201.3
Therefore, because the agency employed a reasonable methodology derived from the relevant
statutory language, the court affords the appropriate deference due to Commerce. See Thai
Pineapple Pub. Co. v. United States, 187 F.3d 1362, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 1999) (“The methodologies
relied upon by Commerce in making its determinations are presumptively correct.”); Hynix
Semiconductor, Inc. v. United States, 29 CIT 995, 1000, 391 F. Supp. 2d 1337, 1342 (2005).
B. Commerce Did Not Support with Substantial Evidence the Separate Rate Assigned to
Bestpak
Bestpak argues that the separate rate does not reasonably reflect potential dumping
margins, especially given that Commerce essentially halved the rate assigned to Ningbo Jintian,
which itself was determined by use of adverse facts available. Pl.’s Br. 14-22. Plaintiff contends
that the calculated separate rate belies the overriding purpose of the legislation –– to calculate
antidumping duties accurately, fairly, and realistically. Pl.’s Br. 8-22; Pl.’s Reply 4.
Consequently, Bestpak maintains that no rational connection supports the agency determination
and that the company should receive the same de minimis rate as Yama. Pl.’s Br. 14-22.
Conversely, Defendant alleges that Commerce reasonably averaged an adverse facts available
rate with a de minimis rate and that the resulting separate rate reasonably reflects Bestpak’s
potential dumping margins. Def.’s Br. 19-22. Additionally, Berwick Offray avers that Bestpak
could have applied for voluntary respondent status and that the company’s failure to do so
3
In Section 3512(d) of Title 19 of the United States Code, Congress recognized that the
Statement of Administrative Action “shall be regarded as an authoritative expression by the
United States concerning the interpretation and application of the Uruguay Round Agreements
and this Act in any judicial proceeding in which a question arises concerning such interpretation
or application.” 19 U.S.C. § 3512(d).
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diminishes its claims. Def.-Intervenor’s Br. 13-14. Berwick Offray notes that a separate rate of
one-half of an adverse facts available rate falls within the range of rates for this industry and
subject merchandise, when compared to Yama’s model-specific margins. Def.-Intervenor’s Br.
14-15. Finally, Berwick Offray contends that no evidence supports the claim that Bestpak and
other separate rate respondents would more likely receive a de minimis rate than the corroborated
adverse facts available rate. Def.-Intervenor’s Br. 14-16.
The court finds that Commerce failed to support with substantial evidence how, under the
unique circumstances of this investigation where the agency selected only two mandatory
respondents,4 a simple average of a de minimis rate and a rate based on adverse facts available
reasonably reflects Bestpak’s potential dumping margins. Commerce does not explain how the
separate rate of 123.83% relates to Bestpak’s commercial activity. The agency has not provided
information suggesting that Bestpak dumps its sales at such levels or that the calculated separate
rate represents the company’s potential pricing practices. See Nat’l Knitwear & Sportswear
Ass’n v. United States, 15 CIT 548, 558, 779 F. Supp. 1364, 1373 (1991) (excluding “best
information available” rate to calculate estimated dumping margins because it does not
reasonably reflect pricing practices for subject merchandise). Moreover, the calculated separate
rate is exceptionally larger than the rate calculated for the lone cooperative mandatory
respondent, see Final Determination, 75 Fed. Reg. at 41,811, and without a more rigorous
explanation the court cannot accept that the separate rate reflects Bestpak’s commercial activity,
4
While the statute allows Commerce to select mandatory respondents based on the
largest exporters and producers by volume, 19 U.S.C. § 1677f-1(c)(2)(B), Commerce put itself in
a precarious situation when it selected only two mandatory respondents.
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see Nat’l Knitwear & Sportswear Ass’n, 15 CIT at 558, 779 F. Supp. at 1372-73. Finally, that
the Statement of Administrative Action allows for the use of a simple average of an adverse facts
available rate and zero or de minimis rates does not absolve the agency from ensuring that a
separate rate reasonably reflects potential dumping margins, H.R. Doc. No. 103-316 at 873,
reprinted in 1994 U.S.C.C.A.N. at 4201, or from rationally connecting the record evidence with
the final conclusion, see Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Ass’n of the U.S., Inc., 463 U.S. at 43.
Even more troubling to the court, Commerce associates a certain level of government
control with Bestpak even though the company clearly has established an absence of de jure or de
facto control. See generally Bestpak Separate Rate Application (Oct. 5, 2009), Pub. Doc. 124.
The Department’s approach in this investigation has transformed the remedial antidumping duty
laws into a form of punishment, whereby Bestpak, whose only failure lies in the agency not
selecting it for individual examination, must pay a separate rate tainted by adverse data
associated with a government-controlled, uncooperative mandatory respondent. See Nat’l
Knitwear & Sportswear Ass’n, 15 CIT at 558, 779 F. Supp. at 1373 (noting that antidumping
duty law “is intended to be remedial, not punitive” in nature); accord Shakeproof Assembly
Components, Div. of Ill. Tool Works, Inc. v. United States, 268 F.3d 1376, 1382 (Fed. Cir. 2001)
(“[T]he purpose of the statutory provisions is to determine antidumping margins ‘as accurately as
possible.’” (citation omitted)).
The facts of the present action prevent the court from following Laizhou Auto Brake
Equip. Co. v. United States, Slip Op. 08-71, 2008 WL 2562915 (CIT June 26, 2008). In that
case, the Court upheld the agency’s calculation of a separate rate where it “‘weight-averag[ed]
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the individual rates of all five of the mandatory respondents, including two de minimis rates, one
rate based on adverse facts available and two additional calculated rates.’”5 Id. at *9 (internal
quotation marks & citation omitted). Importantly, in that administrative proceeding, Commerce
stressed that it did not apply adverse facts available to the voluntary respondents, but instead
applied a statistically valid separate rate representative of producers as a whole. Id. In the
subject investigation, however, Commerce selected only two mandatory respondents, one of
which did not cooperate, thus presenting a substantially dissimilar factual scenario. Therefore,
Laizhou Auto Brake Equip. Co. does not help the court’s analysis.
The court also finds unavailing Defendant’s reliance on Changzhou Wujin Fine Chem.
Factory Co. v. United States, Slip Op. 10-85, 2010 WL 3239213 (CIT Aug. 5, 2010). The
parties in that case disputed which data the agency should have used when calculating the
adverse facts available and separate rates. Id. at *4. While some language of that decision seems
tacitly to approve use of the simple average methodology at issue in this case, the court did not
directly address the validity of the methodology. Id at *4. Nevertheless, while the court explains
above that the methodology generally accords with law, that does not excuse Commerce from the
task of articulating the requisite rational connection between the record facts and the conclusions
when the agency employs the methodology in a particular agency proceeding. See Motor Vehicle
Mfrs. Ass’n of the U.S., Inc., 463 U.S. at 43. Besides, Commerce knows well that even if the
Court sanctioned use of the methodology in Changzhou Wujin Fine Chem. Factory Co., “each
5
Equally of note, Commerce used a statistically valid sampling methodology in Laizhou
Auto Brake Equip. Co., whereas the agency in the instant case selected the largest exporters by
volume in the subject proceeding. Compare 2008 WL 2562915 at *8-10, with Preliminary
Determination, 75 Fed. Reg. at 7,245.
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agency determination is sui generis, involving a unique combination and interaction of many
variables, and therefore a prior administrative determination is not legally binding on other
reviews before this court.” U.S. Steel Corp. v. United States, 33 CIT __, ___, 637 F. Supp. 2d
1199, 1218 (2009); accord Nucor Corp. v. United States, 414 F.3d 1331, 1340 (Fed. Cir. 2005).
Finally, the court does not find persuasive Defendant-Intervenor’s position that Bestpak’s
failure to request voluntary respondent status undermines its claim. While the court agrees that
filing a voluntary respondent application arguably may have helped Bestpak secure an
individually investigated rate, the company had no guarantee that Commerce would in fact grant
it such status, even though one of the mandatory respondents refused to participate in the
proceeding. Preliminary Determination, 75 Fed. Reg. at 7,245, 7,249. Regardless, that Bestpak
declined to submit voluntary respondent information does not undercut Commerce’s duty to
calculate antidumping duty rates as accurately as possible, see Shakeproof Assembly
Components, Div. of Ill. Tool Works, Inc., 268 F.3d at 1382, and to ensure that any separate rate
reasonably reflects potential dumping margins, H.R. Doc. No. 103-316 at 873, reprinted in 1994
U.S.C.C.A.N. at 4201.
IV. Conclusion
For the foregoing reasons, the court hereby
ORDERS that Plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART; and
further
ORDERS that the agency did not support with substantial evidence the separate rate
assigned to Bestpak. The court REMANDS the issue to Commerce so that the agency may more
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thoroughly explain whether the separate rate reasonably reflects Bestpak’s potential dumping
margins, addressing the court’s concerns stated in the opinion. If the agency cannot provide a
reasonable explanation, then Commerce shall calculate a new separate rate that accurately
reflects Bestpak’s commercial activity.
Dated: July 26, 2011 /s/ Judith M. Barzilay
New York, NY Judith M. Barzilay, Senior Judge