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CIT Upholds Commerce's Positions in 2 Antidumping Cases

The Court of International Trade on March 21 sustained the Commerce Department's remand results in a challenge brought by The Ancientree Cabinet Co. to the antidumping duty investigation of wooden cabinets and vanities from China. Judge Gary Katzmann upheld Commerce's financial ratio calculations after the agency provided more explanation on remand..

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In a second March 21 opinion, CIT dismissed a challenge to the antidumping investigation on silicon metal from Bosnia. Senior Judge Thomas Aquilinio ruled in favor of Commerce, holding that the agency was justified in not using the highest adverse facts available rate possible, instead basing the AFA rate on one of the respondent's financial statements.