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

Slip Op. 12-113. Court No. 11-00533.

865 F.Supp.2d 1254 (2012)

FINE FURNITURE (SHANGHAI) LIMITED, et al., Plaintiffs, and Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Company Limited, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and The Coalition for American Hardwood Parity, Defendant-Intervenor.

United States Court of International Trade.

August 31, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristin H. Mowry , Jeffrey S. Grimson , Jill A. Cramer , Susan L. Brooks , Sarah M. Wyss , and Keith F. Huffman , Mowry & Grimson, PLLC, of Washington, DC, for the Plaintiffs Fine Furniture (Shanghai) Ltd.; Great Wood (Tonghua) Ltd.; and Fine Furniture Plantation (Shishou) Ltd.

Francis J. Sailer , Mark E. Pardo , Andrew T. Schutz , and Kavita Mohan , Grunfeld Desiderio Lebowitz Silverman & Klestadt, LLP, of Washington, DC, for the Consolidated Plaintiffs Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd.; Riverside Plywood Corp.; Samling Elegant Living Trading (Labuan) Ltd.; 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 Corp.; Vicwood Industry (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.; Xuzhou Shenghe Wood Co., Ltd.; and A & W (Shanghai) Woods Co., Ltd.

Gregory S. Menegaz , J. Kevin Horgan , and John J. Kenkel , deKieffer & Horgan, PLLC, of Washington, DC, for the Plaintiff-Intervenors Changzhou 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 Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co., Ltd.; and Karly Wood Product Ltd.

Jeffrey S. Neeley , Michael S. Holton , and Stephen W. Brophy , Barnes, Richardson & Colburn, of Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Intervenors Hunchun Forest Wolf Industry Co. Ltd.; Dunhua City Dexin Wood 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.; Dunhua City Jisen Wood 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.; Kunshan Yingyi-Nature Wood Industry Co., Ltd.; Fu Lik Timber (HK) Co. Ltd.; Puli Trading Ltd.; Zhejiang Shiyou Timber Co., Ltd.; Shanghai Lizhong Wood Products Co., Ltd.; and Shenzhenshi Huanwei Woods Co. Ltd.

Daniel L. Porter , Matthew P. McCullough , Ross E. Bidlingmaier , and William H. Barringer , Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, of Washington, DC, for the Plaintiff-Intervenor the Bureau of Fair Trade for Imports & Exports, Ministry of Commerce, People's Republic of China.

Alexander V. Sverdlov , Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, for the Defendant United States. With him on the briefs were Stuart F. Delery , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Jeanne E. Davidson , Director, and Claudia Burke , Assistant Director. Of Counsel on the briefs was Jonathan Zielinksi , Senior Attorney, Office of the Chief Counsel for Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

Jeffrey S. Levin , Levin Trade Law, P.C., of Bethesda, MD, and John B. Totaro, Jr. , Neville Peterson, LLP, of Washington, DC, for the Defendant-Intervenor the Coalition for American Hardwood Parity.


OPINION AND ORDER

Chief Judge POGUE:

This is a consolidated action seeking review of determinations made by the United States Department of Commerce ("Commerce" or "the Department") in the countervailing duty ("CVD") investigation of multilayered wood flooring from the People's Republic of China ("China").2 Currently before the court is Plaintiffs' Rule 56.2 Motion for Judgment on the Agency Record. In their motion, Plaintiffs...

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