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FINE FURNITURE (SHANGHAI) LTD. v. U.S.

Nos. 2013-1158, 2013-1174, 2013-1172, 2013-1173.

748 F.3d 1365 (2014)

FINE FURNITURE (SHANGHAI) LIMITED, Great Wood (Tonghua) Ltd., and Fine Furniture Plantation (Shishou) Ltd., Plaintiff-Appellant, and Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., Riverside Plywood Corporation, Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Limited, Samling Global USA, Inc., Samling Riverside Co., Ltd., Suzhou Times Flooring Co., Ltd., Shanghai Eswell Timber Co., Ltd., Shanghai Lairunde Wood Co., Ltd., Shanghai New Sihe Wood Co., Ltd., Shanghai Shenlin Corporation, Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd., and A & W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Hangzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd., Dunhua City Jisen Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Dunhua City Dexin Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Dalian Huilong Wooden Products Co., Ltd., Kunshan Yingyinature Wood Industry Co., Ltd., and Karly Wood Product Limited, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co., Ltd., Nanjing Minglin Wooden Industry Co., Ltd., Dalian Penghong Floor Products Co., Ltd., Dongtai Fuan Universal Dynamics, LLC, Zhejiang Fudeli Timber Industry Co., Ltd., Fusong Qianqiu Wooden Product Co., Ltd., Power Dekor Group Co., Ltd., Jiafeng Wood (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Shenyang Haobainian Wooden Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Pan Yu Kang Da Board Co., Ltd., Nakahiro Jyou Sei Furniture (Dalian) Co., Ltd., Yixing Lion-King Timber Industry Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Panyu Southernstar Co., Ltd., Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd., Fulik Timber (HK) Company, Ltd., Puli Trading Ltd., Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd., Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd., and Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co., Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and The Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports & Exports, Ministry of Commerce, and Peoples Republic of China, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellee, and The Coalition for American Hardwood Parity, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

April 23, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristin H. Mowry , Mowry & Grimson, PLLC, of Washington, DC, argued for all plaintiff-appellants. With her on the brief were Jeffrey S. Grimson , Jill A. Cramer , and Sarah M. Wyss , for Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited, et al. Francis J. Sailer , Mark E. Pardo and Andrew T. Schutz , Grunfeld Desiderio Lebowitz Silverman & Klestadt, LLP, of Washington, DC, for Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd., et al; Gregory S. Menegaz , DeKieffer & Hogan, of Washington, DC, for Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd., et al.; Jeffrey S. Neeley and Stephen W. Brophy , Barnes, Richardson, & Colburn, LLP, of Washington, DC, for Dalian Kemian Wood Industry Co., Ltd., et al. Of counsel were Jeffrey Kevin Horgan , DeKieffer & Horgan, of Washington, DC, and Kavita Mohan , Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt, LLP, of Washington, DC.

Alexander V. Sverdlov , Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellee. With him on the brief were Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, and Jeanne E. Davidson , Director. Of counsel was Scott D. McBride , Senior Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel for Import Administration, United States Department of Commerce, of Washington, DC. Of counsel was Jonathan M. Zielinski , of Washington, DC.

Before NEWMAN, PLAGER, and CHEN, Circuit Judges.

PLAGER, Circuit Judge.

This is a countervailing duty ("CVD") case under the United States' trade laws. It involves the application of adverse inferences in a CVD investigation when a party fails to provide requested information.

Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Limited, et al. (referred to hereafter collectively as "Fine Furniture"), is a producer of hardwood flooring in China, whose flooring material is imported into the United States. In response to a petition...

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