Inland Steel Bar Co. v. United States

Decision Date13 August 1996
Docket NumberSlip Op. 96-134. Court No. 93-04-00234.
Citation936 F. Supp. 1052
PartiesINLAND STEEL BAR CO., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and United Engineering Steels, Ltd., Defendant-Intervenor.
CourtU.S. Court of International Trade
ORDER

CARMAN, Judge.

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit having remanded this matter to this Court, see Inland Steel Bar Co. v. United States, 86 F.3d 1174 (Fed.Cir.1996), rev'g and remanding 858 F.Supp. 179 (CIT 1994), for the reasons set forth in Saarstahl AG v. United States, 78 F.3d 1539 (Fed.Cir.1996), rev'g and remanding Saarstahl, AG v. United States, 858 F.Supp. 187 (CIT 1994), it is hereby

ORDERED that this case is remanded to the Department of Commerce; and it is further

ORDERED that on remand, Commerce is to: (1) define "productive unit"; (2) determine whether a "productive unit" is capable of receiving a subsidy under 19 U.S.C. § 1677(5)(B) (1988), as described in British Steel plc v. United States, 879 F.Supp. 1254 (CIT 1995), appeals docketed, Nos. 96-1401 to -06 (Fed.Cir. June 21, 1996), and British Steel PLC v. United States, 924 F.Supp. 139 (CIT 1996), appeals docketed, Nos. 96-1401 to -06 (Fed.Cir. June 21, 1996); (3) determine whether British Steel Corporation's Special Steels Business was a "productive unit" capable of receiving a subsidy; (4) if Commerce determines the Special Steels Business was a "productive unit" and that a "productive unit" is capable of receiving a subsidy, determine whether subsidies were "provided to" the Special Steels Business prior to the joint venture transaction at issue, and if so, whether this results in countervailing duty liability for United Engineering Steels Limited; (5) if Commerce determines the Special Steels Business was not a "productive unit," was not capable of receiving a subsidy, or that subsidies were not "provided to" the Special Steels Business, determine whether the parties discounted the purchase price at issue to account for any countervailing duty liability otherwise attributable to British Steel Corporation and, if so, whether this results in countervailing duty liability for United Engineering Steels Limited; and it is further

ORDERED that Commerce shall file this remand with the Court no later than August 26, 1996; and it is further

ORDERED that all initial comments on the remand determination must be filed no later than September 3, 1996, and all rebuttals to the comments must be filed no later than September 10, 1996. Par...

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  • Saarstahl Ag v. U.S.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of International Trade
    • 2 Diciembre 1996
    ...AG v. United States, 858 F.Supp. 187 (CIT1994). This Court subsequently remanded the action to Commerce in Inland Steel Bar Co. v. United States, 936 F.Supp. 1052 (CIT1996). On September 3, 1996, this Court found those aspects of the Saarstahl Remand pertaining to the issue of privatization......
  • Inland Steel Bar Co. v. U.S.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Federal Circuit
    • 18 Septiembre 1998
    ...13, 1996) ("Remand Determination II "). They also appeal the Court of International Trade's order in Inland Steel Bar Co. v. United States, 936 F.Supp. 1052 (CIT 1996) ("Inland Steel III "), remanding the case to Commerce. We reverse and In 1986, British Steel Corp., a United Kingdom, gover......
  • Inland Steel Bar Co. v. U.S., Slip Op. 97-18.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of International Trade
    • 10 Febrero 1997
    ...the Department of Commerce ("Commerce" or "Department"), pursuant to this Court's order. See Inland Steel Bar Co. v. United States, United Engineering Steels, Ltd., 936 F.Supp. 1052 (CIT 1996) (order remanding case to the Department of Commerce). Plaintiff challenges Commerce's Remand Deter......

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