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CIT Upholds Commerce's Switch to Bulgarian Surrogate Data From Thai Data in AD Review

The Court of International Trade on Dec. 8 sustained the Commerce Department's fourth remand results in a case over an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China, covering entries from 2013-14. Judge Claire…

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Kelly upheld Commerce's switch to valuing a key solar cell input using Bulgarian imports rather than Thai imports after the court previously said the agency's use of the Thai surrogate data was improper. Under "respectful protest," Commerce used the Bulgarian data, and none of the plaintiffs, led by Solarworld Americas, Inc., objected.