Xi'an Metals & Minerals Import & Export Co., Ltd. v. United States

Slip Op. 18 - 70
J U D G M E N T
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr., Senior Judge
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XI’AN METALS & MINERALS IMPORT & EXPORT :
CO., LTD.,
Plaintiff, 	:
-and- 	:
THE STANLEY WORKS (LANGFANG) FASTENING 	:
SYSTEMS CO., LTD. and STANLEY BLACK AND
DECKER, INC., 	:
Consolidated-Plaintiffs, 	: 	Consolidated
Court No. 15-00109
v. 	:
UNITED STATES, 	:
Defendant,
-and- 	:
MID CONTINENT STEEL & WIRE, INC., 	:
Intervenor-Defendant. 	:
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Upon consideration of the results of remand filed by the
defendant pursuant to the court’s slip opinion 17-120, 41 CIT ___,
356 F.Supp.3d 1346 (2017), and of the comments thereon filed by the
consolidated 	plaintiffs 	and 	the 	intervenor-defendant; 	and 	noting
the 	absence 	of 	any 	comments 	from 	the 	plaintiff 	with 	particular
respect to the first issue hereinafter described of which it, and
not the consolidated-plaintiffs, complained; be it
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ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that, with respect to the
issue of the allocation of labor costs and the recalculation of the
financial ratios on remand in accordance with the court’s opinion,
after 	consideration 	of 	the 	parties’ 	comments 	and 	further
consideration of Antidumping Methodologies in Proceedings Involving
Non-Market Economies: Valuing the Factor of Production: Labor, 76
Fed. Reg. 36092 (June 21, 2011), Elkay Mfg. Co. v. United States,
38 CIT ___, 34 F.Supp.3d 1369 (2014), remand results sustained, 40
CIT 	___, 	180 	F.Supp.3d 	1245 	(2016), 	aff'd 	sub 	nom. 	Guangdong
Dongyuan 	Kitchenware 	Indus. 	Co. 	v. 	United 	States, 	702 	Fed. 	Appx.
981 	(Fed.Cir. 	2017); 	and 	of 	the 	histories 	of 	Clearon 	Corp. 	v.
United 	States, 	Slip 	Op. 	14-88, 	38 	CIT 	___ 	(July 	14, 	2014), 	first
remand 	results 	remanded, 	Slip 	Op. 	15-91, 	39 	CIT 	___ 	(Aug. 	20,
2015), second remand results sustained, Slip Op. 16-110, 40 CIT ___
(Nov. 23, 2016), aff’d, 711 Fed. Appx. 648 (Fed.Cir. 2018); and of
Hangzhou 	Yingqing 	Material 	Co. 	v. 	United 	States, 	40 	CIT 	___, 	195
F.Supp.3d 	1299 	(2016), 	remand 	results 	sustained, 	41 	CIT 	___, 	222
F.Supp.3d 1292 (2017), the remand result on said issue be, and it
hereby is, vacated in order to abide precedent; and it is further
ORDERED 	that 	the 	original 	final 	determination 	on 	the
foregoing 	issue, 	as 	articulated 	in 	Certain 	Steel 	Nails 	from 	the
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PRC, 	80 	Fed.Reg. 	18816 	(April 	8, 	2015), 	PDoc 	294, 	via 	the
accompanying 	final 	issues 	and 	decision 	memorandum, 	PDoc 	276, 	be,
and it hereby is, reinstated; and it is further
ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED that, with respect to the
issue of the transcription error in consolidated-plaintiff’s post-
verification 	factor-of-production 	database, 	in 	consideration 	of
correction thereof in the results of remand and “Commerce’s duty to
determine 	margins 	as 	accurately 	as 	possible”, 	Lasko 	Metal 	Prod.,
Inc. 	v. 	United 	States, 	43 	F.3d 	1442, 	1443 	(Fed.Cir. 	1994), 	that
correction be, and it hereby is, affirmed.
Dated: 	New York, New York
June 19, 2018
/s Thomas J. Aquilino, Jr.
Senior Judge
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