Stainless Steel Bar from India: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony and Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

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On October 20, 2005, in Slater Steels Corp. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 02-00551, Slip Op. 05-137 (CIT October 20, 2005) ("Slater III"), a lawsuit challenging the Department of Commerce's ("the Department") Notice of Amended Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Bar from India, 67 FR 53336 (August 15, 2002) ("Final Results") and the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (July 5, 2002) ("Decision Memorandum"), the Court of International Trade ("CIT") affirmed the Department's third remand determination and entered a judgment order. In the remand determination, the Department did not collapse Viraj Alloys Limited ("VAL") with Viraj Impoexpo Limited ("VIL") and Viraj Forgings Limited ("VFL"). The Department calculated an individual antidumping duty margin for VIL/VFL. The Department did not calculate an individual antidumping duty margin for VAL because it did not export the subject merchandise to the United States during the period of review. The resulting antidumping duty margin for VIL/VFL is 0.84 percent. Consistent with the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") in Timken Co. v. United Sta