Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings 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

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On January 6, 2011, the United States Court of International Trade ("CIT") sustained the Department of Commerce's ("the Department") results of redetermination, which construed the scope of the Order \1\ as excluding carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China ("PRC") used in structural applications, pursuant to the CIT's remand order in King Supply Co. LLC, d/b/a King Architectural Metals v. United States, Slip Op. 10-111, Court No. 09-00477 (September 30, 2010) ("King Supply I"). See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Remand, Court No. 09-00477, dated December 1, 2010; King Supply Co. LLC, d/b/a King Architectural Metals, v. United States, Slip Op. 11-2, Court No. 09-00477 (January 6, 2011) ("King Supply II"). Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("CAFC") 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 and is a