CIT Remands Parts of AD Case on Mattresses From Vietnam in Confidential Opinion
The Court of International Trade in a confidential Nov. 28 opinion sent back parts and upheld parts of the Commerce Department's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on mattresses from Vietnam. In a letter issued to the litigants, Judge…
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Timothy Reif gave the parties until close of business Dec. 5 to review any confidential information to be bracketed in the opinion. In the complaint, the plaintiffs, led by Ashley Furniture Industries, challenged Commerce's reliance on Emirates Sleep Systems' financial statements in its decision to use Indian Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 7320.90.90 as a surrogate value for pocket coil innerspring units and the agency's refusal to list Ashley Furniture Trading Co. and Ashley Furniture Industries as eligible for the dumping rates given to certain companies where AFTC and AFI reinvoiced the goods before import (Ashley Furniture Industries v. United States, CIT #21-00283).