Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From Thailand: Notice of Court Decision and Suspension of Liquidation

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On October 1, 2004, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) issued an order sustaining the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) Final Results of Redetermination on Remand (September 15, 2004) ("Redetermination Results"). Royal Thai Government, et. al., v. United States, Consol. Court No. 02-00026, Slip. Op. 04-124 (CIT 2004) ("Royal Thai"). In the Redetermination Results, the Department found as ordered by the CIT, that the challenged duty drawback program is not countervailable. The effect of this finding is the reduction of the overall countervailable subsidy rate to a de minimis level. 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.2nd 337 (Fed. Cir. 1990) ("Timken"), the Department is notifying the public that the Royal Thai decision was "not in harmony" with the Department's final determination.