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Activated Carbon Exporters to Appeal CIT Decision on Surrogate Value Picks

Exporters Carbon Activated Tianjin Co. and Carbon Activated Corp. will appeal a July Court of International Trade decision upholding the Commerce Department's surrogate value picks for five inputs in an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on activated carbon…

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from China (see 2307240049). The five inputs are carbonized material, coal tar, hydrochloric acid, steam and bituminous coal. Per the notice of appeal, the exporters will take the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In the opinion, the trade court also sustained the valuation of ocean freight costs, calculation of surrogate financial ratios and acceptance of respondent Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co.'s reporting of its bituminous coal consumption (Carbon Activated Tianjin Co. v. United States, CIT Consol. # 22-00017).