MacLean-Fogg Co. v. United States, No. 13-1187 (Fed. Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseWhen the Department of Commerce conducts a countervailing duty investigation of merchandise in a market involving many exporters and producers, it may select a sample of exporters and producers for individual investigation (mandatory respondents), 19 U.S.C. 1677f-1, who can cooperate and obtain individual duty rates. Otherwise they are given rates determined under section 1677e(b) using adverse facts available. Exporters or producers who are not initially selected, but who wish to participate (voluntary respondents), may supply information for calculation of individual duty rates. “ The general rule for calculation of the “all-others rate” refers to “an amount equal to the weighted average countervailable subsidy rates established for exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero and de minimis countervailable subsidy rates, and any rates determined entirely under section 1677e.” An exception applies “[i]f the countervailable subsidy rates established for all exporters and producers individually investigated are zero or de minimis rates, or are determined entirely under section 1677e.” When the exception applies, Commerce may “use any reasonable method to establish an all-others rate for exporters and producers not individually investigated.” Following investigation of aluminum extrusions from China, the Court of International Trade sustained the all-others duty rate set by Commerce. The Federal Circuit reversed and remanded for determination of that rate under the general rule, interpreting “exporters and producers individually investigated” to encompass voluntary respondents. The precondition for invoking the exception provision was not met.
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