Comm. for Fair Coke Trade v. United States, (2004)

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Comm. for Fair Coke Trade v. United States, (2004)

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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

BEFORE:RICHARDK.EATON,JUDGE

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COMMITTEE FOR FAIR COKE TRADE AND : UNITED STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA, :

AFL-CIO/CLC,: :

PLAINTIFFS, : :

V. : COURTNO.01-00826 : PUBLICVERSION

UNITEDSTATES OF AMERICA AND THE : UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE : COMMISSION,:

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DEFENDANTS,: :

AND : :

CITICTRADINGCOMPANY,LTD.,: MINMETALSTOWNLORDTECHNOLOGY,: LTD.,DUFERCO,SA,MITSUBISHI : CHEMICALCORPORATION, AND MITSUI : MINING COMPANY,LTD.,:

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DEFENDANT- :

INTERVENORS. : ____________________________________: [Plaintiffs' motion for judgment upon an agency record is denied; United States International Trade Commission's negative preliminary injury determination, as modified on remand, is sustained.]

Dated: June 10, 2004

Wilmer Cutler Pickering, LLP (W.N. Harrell Smith, IV, John D. Greenwald, John P. Maloney, Jr., Steve Charnovitz), for Plaintiffs Committee for Fair Coke Trade and the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC.

Lyn M. Schlitt, General Counsel, United States International Trade Commission; James M. Lyons, Deputy General Counsel, United States International Trade Commission; Karen

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Veninga Driscoll, Attorney Advisor, for Defendant United States International Trade Commission.

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP (Jeffrey S. Neeley), for Defendant-Intervenors CITIC Trading Company, Ltd. and Minmetals Townlord Technology, Ltd.

White & Case, LLP (Walter J. Spak, Adams C. Lee, Frank H. Morgan), for Defendant-Intervenor Duferco, SA.

Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton (Donald L. Morgan), for Defendant-Intervenor Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.

Bingham McCutchen, LLP (Roger L. Selfe), for Defendant-Intervenor Mitsui Mining

Company, Ltd.

OPINION

EATON, Judge: This matter is before the court following remand to the United States International Trade Commission ("ITC"). In Committee for Fair Coke Trade v. United States, 27 CIT __, slip op. 03-56 (May 20, 2003) ("CFCT I"), the court remanded the ITC's negative preliminary injury determination1 concerning blast furnace coke2 from China and Japan, specifically with respect to its attenuated competition finding. See Blast Furnace Coke from China and Japan, USITC Pub. 3444, Inv. Nos. 731-TA-951-952 (Aug. 2001), List 2, Doc. 53 ("Preliminary Determination"). On remand, the ITC expressed its views in Blast Furnace Coke from China and Japan, USITC

1 This negative preliminary determination resulted in termination of the investigation. See 19 U.S.C. § 1673b(a)(1) (2000); 19 C.F.R. § 207.18 (2000).

2 The scope of the ITC investigations covered "blast furnace coke made from coal or mostly coal and other carbon materials, with a majority of individual pieces less than 100 MM (4 inches) of a kind capable of being used in blast furnace operations, whether or not mixed with coke breeze." Certain Blast Furnace Coke Prods. From the P.R.C. and Japan, 66 Fed. Reg. 39,009, 39,009 (Dep't Commerce July 26, 2001) (notice of initiation of antidumping duty investigations). "[C]oke breeze is the fine screenings from crushed coke used predominantly as a fuel source in the process of agglomerating iron." Mem. INV-Y-146 (Aug. 9, 2001), List 2, Doc. 23, as revised by Mem. INV-Y-151 (Aug. 10, 2001), List 2, Doc. 22 ("Staff Report") at I-5 n.10.

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Pub. 3619, Inv. Nos. 731-TA-951-952 (Aug. 2003), List 2, Doc. 112R ("Remand Determination"), and an accompanying appendix ("Appendix"). Jurisdiction lies pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) (2000) and 19 U.S.C. § 1516a(a)(1)(C) (2000). For the reasons discussed below, plaintiffs Committee for Fair Coke Trade and United Steelworkers of America, AFLCIO/CLC's ("Plaintiffs") Motion for Judgment Upon the Agency Record is denied and the Preliminary Determination, as modified on remand, is sustained.

BACKGROUND

In response to a petition filed by Plaintiffs, the ITC instituted antidumping investigations of imports of blast furnace coke from China and Japan in June 2001.3 See Blast Furnace Coke From China and Japan, 66 Fed. Reg. 35,669 (ITC July 6, 2001) (institution of antidumping duty investigations). In conduc...

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