[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 112 (Tuesday, June 11, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34984-34985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-13875]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-967; C-570-968]


Aluminum Extrusions From the People's Republic of China: Notice 
of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Scope Ruling and Notice of 
Amended Final Scope Ruling Pursuant to Court Decision

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 23, 2013, the United States Court of International 
Trade (CIT) sustained the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) 
final results of remand redetermination in which it determined that 
certain drapery rail kits are outside of the scope of the antidumping 
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on aluminum extrusions,\1\ 
pursuant to the CIT's remand order in The Rowley Company v. United 
States Court No. 12-00055 (Ct. Int'l Trade November 30, 2012) (Remand 
Order). See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand 
Rowley Company v. United States Court No. 12-00055 (February 27, 2013) 
(Remand Results). Consistent with the decision of the United States 
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Federal Circuit) in Timken 
Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (Timken), as 
clarified by Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626 
F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades), the Department is 
notifying the public that the final judgment in this case is not in 
harmony with the Department's Final Scope Ruling on Drapery Rail Kits 
\2\ and is amending its final scope ruling.
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    \1\ See Aluminum Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: 
Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 30650 (May 26, 2011) and Aluminum 
Extrusions from the People's Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 
Order, 76 FR 30653 (May 26, 2011) (Orders).
    \2\ See Memorandum to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
``Final Scope Ruling on Drapery Rail Kits'' (February 3, 2012) 
(Final Scope Ruling on Drapery Rail Kits).

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DATES: Effective Date: June 3, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Terpstra, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 8, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC, 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-3965.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background

    On November 16, 2011, the Rowley Company (Rowley) submitted a scope 
request claiming that certain drapery rail kits which it imports are 
outside the scope of the Orders. The Department issued its Final Scope 
Ruling on Drapery Rail Kits on February 3, 2012; in that ruling, the 
Department determined that certain drapery rail kits are within the 
scope of the Orders.
    On August 10, 2012, Rowley filed its brief with the Court. On 
October 19, 2012, the Department asked the Court to grant it a 
voluntary remand that would allow it to re-examine the determination it 
reached in its Final Scope Ruling on Drapery Rail Kits. On November 30, 
2012, the Court granted the Department's request for a voluntary 
remand. In the Remand Results, we found that the drapery rail kits 
described in the Scope Request constituted ``finished goods kits'' as 
described in the scope of the Orders, and, thus, fall outside the 
scope. The Department found that the drapery rail kits are designed to 
incorporate readily interchangeable drapes or curtains that can change 
with users' needs and are intended to be customizable. On May 23, 2013, 
the CIT sustained the Department's Remand Results.\3\
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    \3\ See Remand Order.

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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken, 893 F.2d at 341, as clarified by Diamond 
Sawblades, the CAFC held that, pursuant to section 516A(e) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the Department must publish a 
notice of a court decision that is not ``in harmony'' with a Department 
determination and must suspend liquidation of entries pending a 
``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's May 23, 2013, judgment in this 
case constitutes a final decision of that court that is not in harmony 
with the Department's Final Scope Ruling on Drapery Rail Kits. This 
notice is published in fulfillment of the publication requirements of 
Timken.

Amended Final Scope Ruling

    Because there is now a final court decision with respect to this 
case, the Department amends its final scope ruling and now finds that 
the scope of the Orders does not include Rowley's drapery rail kits. 
The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
that the cash deposit rate will be zero percent. In the event the CIT's 
ruling is not appealed or, if appealed, upheld by the Federal Circuit, 
the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of Rowley's 
drapery rail kits without regard to antidumping and/or countervailing 
duties, and to lift suspension of liquidation of such entries.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
516A(c)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: June 5, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-13875 Filed 6-10-13; 8:45 am]
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