CAFC Says Commerce Improperly Elevated 'Transparency' in AD Model Match Methodology
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on June 5 sent back the Commerce Department's 2018-19 antidumping review of Italian pasta, finding that the agency improperly prioritized "transparency" and "consistency" over the physical differences between pasta sold in…
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the U.S. and Italy. Given that protein content was used to distinguish premium and standard pasta for U.S. and like product comparison purposes, Judges Alan Lourie, Alvin Schall and Kara Stoll faulted Commerce for failing to account for FDA rounding requirements for the protein content listed on the label of U.S.-sold pasta and the "different nitrogen-to-protein conversion factors used in calculating protein content in the United States versus Italy." However, the court said exporter La Molisana didn't provide sufficient evidence to challenge Commerce's use of a 12.5% protein content breakpoint in distinguishing between standard and premium pasta.