Ajinomoto North America, Inc. v. United States

Slip Op. 17 - 150
J U D G M E N T
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr., Senior Judge
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AJINOMOTO NORTH AMERICA, INC., 	:
Plaintiff, 	:
v. 	: 	Court No. 14-00351
UNITED STATES, 	:
Defendant. 	:
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The plaintiff having interposed a motion pursuant to CIT
Rule 	56.2 	for 	judgment 	upon 	the 	record 	compiled 	by 	the
International 	Trade 	Administration, 	U.S. 	Department 	of 	Commerce
(“ITA”) sub nom. 	Monosodium Glutamate From the People’s Republic
of China: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
the Final Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79
Fed.Reg. 58326 (Sept. 29, 2014); and the court in slip op. 17-48,
41 CIT ___ (April 25, 2017), having granted plaintiff’s motion to
the 	extent 	of 	remand 	to 	ITA 	for 	reconsideration 	of 	the 	issues 	of
(1) 	the 	appropriate 	corn 	factor-of-production 	weight 	and 	(2) 	the
calculation of an inland-freight surrogate value; and the defendant
having filed herein ITA’s Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
to Court Remand (Aug. 30, 2017), amending its analysis thereof and
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resulting dumping margin from 21.28 percent to 34.15 percent; and
the court having now reviewed those results; and the plaintiff not
having 	filed 	any 	response 	or 	opposition 	thereto; 	Now 	therefore,
after due deliberation, it is
ORDERED, 	ADJUDGED 	and 	DECREED 	that 	the 	ITA’s 	Final
Results of Determination Pursuant to Court Remand (Aug. 30, 2017)
be, and they hereby are, affirmed.
Dated: 	New York, New York
November 3, 2017
/s Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr.
Senior Judge
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