Opinion

Hardware Res., Inc. v. United States

  • 744 F. Supp. 3d 1358
  • 2024 CIT 140
Court
United States Court of International Trade
Filed
Dec 16, 2024
Status
Published
On the bench
Laroski
Nature of suit
1581(c)
Cited by
1 cases
Authority
More cited than 45.2%

The opinion

Slip Op. 24-140

UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

HARDWARE RESOURCES, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

Before: Joseph A. Laroski, Jr., Judge

UNITED STATES,

Court No. 23-00150

Defendant,

COALITION OF AMERICAN

MILLWORK PRODUCERS,

Defendant-Intervenor.

OPINION AND ORDER

[Remanding to the Department of Commerce a decision interpreting the scope of the

antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wood mouldings and millwork

products from the People’s Republic of China.]

Dated: December 16, 2024

Jill A. Cramer, Mowry & Grimson, PLLC, of Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff

Hardware Resources, Inc. With her on the brief were Jeffrey Sheldon Grimson,

Bryan Patrick Cenko, Clemence Dongwoo Kim, Evan P. Drake, Kristin Heim

Mowry, Ronalda G. Smith, Sarah Marie Wyss, and Yixin (Cleo) Li.

Emma E. Bond, Trial Attorney, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S.

Department of Justice, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant United States

Government. With her on the brief were Brian M. Boynton, Principal Deputy

Assistant Attorney General, Patricia M. McCarthy, Director, and Claudia Burke,

Deputy Director. Of counsel, arguing for defendant, was Leslie Mae Lewis, Office of

Chief Counsel for Trade Enforcement & Compliance, U.S. Department of

Commerce, of Washington, DC.

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Wesley E. Weeks, Wiley Rein, LLP, of Washington, DC, argued for defendant-

intervenor Coalition of American Millwork Producers. With him on the brief were

Timothy C. Brightbill, Adam Milan Teslik, Elizabeth Seungyon Lee, Laura El-

Sabaawi, Maureen Elizabeth Thorson, and Theodore Paul Brackemyre.

Laroski, Judge: This action is a challenge to the final scope ruling of the U.S.

Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) regarding edge-glued wood boards

imported by Hardware Resources, Inc. (“Hardware Resources”). Commerce’s final

scope ruling found that Hardware Resources’ edge-glued boards are included in the

antidumping duty (“AD”) and countervailing duty (“CVD”) orders on wood

mouldings and millwork product from the People’s Republic of China (collectively,

the “Orders”). Final Scope Ruling on Hardware Resources’ Edge-Glued Boards, P.R.

25 (Aug. 2, 2023) (“Final Scope Ruling”). Commerce ruled that the edge-glued

boards fit the physical description of subject merchandise based on the plain

language of the Orders because the boards are made of wood and continuously

shaped; thus, the boards are within the scope of the Orders. Final Scope Ruling at

9. Hardware Resources asserts that Commerce skipped a threshold requirement

contained in the scope description when it did not first determine that the

merchandise was a moulding or a millwork product. Hardware Resources moves for

judgment on the agency record. The United States (the “Government”) and the

Coalition for American Millwork Producers ask that the court sustain Commerce’s

scope ruling.

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BACKGROUND

I. Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders

On February 16, 2021, Commerce issued antidumping and countervailing

duty orders on Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the People’s Republic

of China (“China”). AD Order, 86 Fed. Reg. at 9,486; CVD Order, 86 Fed. Reg. at

9,484. Commerce defined the scope of the Orders, in relevant part, as follows:

The merchandise subject to the Orders consists of wood mouldings and

millwork products that are made of wood (regardless of wood species),

bamboo, laminated veneer lumber (LVL), or of wood and composite

materials (where the composite materials make up less than 50

percent of the total merchandise), and which are continuously shaped

wood or finger-jointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork blanks

(whether or not resawn). The merchandise subject to [the Orders] can

be continuously shaped along any of its edges, ends, or faces.

The percentage of composite materials contained in a wood moulding

or millwork product is measured by length, except when the composite

material is a coating or cladding. Wood mouldings and millwork

products that are coated or clad, even along their entire length, with a

composite material, but that are otherwise comprised of wood, LVL, or

wood and composite materials (where the non-coating composite

materials make up 50 percent or less of the total merchandise) are

covered by the scope.

The merchandise subject to the Orders consists of wood, LVL, bamboo, or a

combination of wood and composite materials that is continuously shaped

throughout its length (with the exception of any end-work/dados), profiled

wood having a repetitive design in relief, similar milled wood architectural

accessories, such as rosettes and plinth blocks, and finger-jointed or edge-

glued moulding or millwork blanks (whether or not resawn). The scope

includes continuously shaped wood in the forms of dowels, building

components such as interior paneling and jamb parts, and door components

such as rails, stiles, interior and exterior door frames or jambs (including

split, flat, stop applied, single- or double-rabbeted), frame or jamb kits, and

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packaged door frame trim or casing sets, whether or not the door components

are imported as part of a door kit or set.

The covered products may be solid wood, laminated, finger-jointed, edge-

glued, face-glued, or otherwise joined in the production or remanufacturing

process and are covered by the scope whether imported raw, coated (e.g.,

gesso, polymer, or plastic), primed, painted, stained, wrapped (paper or vinyl

overlay), any combination of the aforementioned surface coatings, treated, or

which incorporate rot-resistant elements (whether wood or composite). The

covered products are covered by the scope whether or not any surface

coating(s) or covers obscure the grain, textures, or markings of the wood,

whether or not they are ready for use or require final machining (e.g.,

endwork/dado, hinge/strike machining, weatherstrip or application thereof,

mitre) or packaging.

All wood mouldings and millwork products are included within the scope

even if they are trimmed; cut-to-size; notched; punched; drilled; or have

undergone other forms of minor processing.

...

Excluded from the scope of the Orders are countertop/butcherblocks imported

as a full countertop/butcherblock panel, exterior fencing, exterior decking and

exterior siding products (including solid wood siding, non-wood siding (e.g.,

composite or cement), and shingles) that are not LVL or finger jointed;

finished and unfinished doors; flooring; parts of stair steps (including newel

posts, balusters, easing, gooseneck, risers, treads, rail fittings and stair

stringers); picture frame components three feet and under in individual

lengths; and lumber whether solid, finger-jointed, or edge-glued. To be

excluded from the scope, finger-jointed or edge-glued lumber must have a

nominal thickness of 1.5 inches or greater and a certification stamp from an

American Lumber Standard Committee-certified grading agency. The

exclusion for lumber whether solid, finger-jointed, or edge-glued does not

apply to screen/“surfaced on 4 sides” (S4S) and/or “surface 1 side, 2 edges”

(SlS2E) stock (also called boards) that are finger-jointed and/or edge-glued, or

to finger-jointed and/or edge-glued moulding or millwork blanks (whether or

not resawn). Accordingly, S4S and S1S2E stock/boards that are not finger-

jointed or edge glued are excluded from the scope of the Orders.

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Final Scope Ruling at 2–3; AD Order, 86 Fed. Reg. at 9,488–89; CVD Order, 86 Fed.

Reg. 9,485–86.

II. Scope Inquiry Proceedings

Hardware Resources filed a scope ruling application on March 9, 2023,

requesting that Commerce find that its edge-glued boards are outside the scope of

the Orders. Scope Ruling Application, C.R. 1, P.R. 1 (Mar. 9, 2023). On April 10,

2020, Commerce initiated the scope inquiry. Initiation of Scope Inquiry, P.R. 13

(Apr. 10, 2023). Drawing from Hardware Resources’ Scope Ruling Application,

Commerce described the merchandise subject to the inquiry as:

[E]dge-glued boards which are made of solid white birch that is finger-

jointed and edge-glued, measuring eight feet in length and 5/8- inches

in thickness and with a width ranging from 2.5 to 12 inches. An

ultraviolet (UV) coating is applied to the boards except the bottom edge

that is left as natural material. The corners of the boards are lightly

sanded to smooth the corners. Hardware Resources states that the

edge-glued boards will be further processed into cabinet parts after

importation into the United States, although they could be used in

other applications.

In their condition as imported, the boards have a mark of

approximately one mm that was added using a straight saw along the

length of one side of the board. This mark is used by Hardware

Resources (or its customer) as a guide which indicates which side of the

board is to be used to place the groove that is added after import.

Hardware Resources states the marking has no function other than as

a visual guide for where a groove will be cut after importation. The

marking is removed once the groove is added after importation. The

edge-glued boards also require dovetailing as well as additional

machine processing such as notching and drilling after importation in

order to be suitable for use as a drawer side.

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Final Scope Ruling at 4 (internal citations omitted).

On August 2, 2023, Commerce issued its final scope ruling,

determining that the edge-glued boards imported by Hardware Resources are

within the scope of the Orders. Final Scope Ruling at 11. This action

followed.

JURISDICTION AND STANDARD OF REVIEW

The court has jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) (2020) and

19 U.S.C. § 1516a(a)(2)(B)(vi) (2020). Section 1581(c) provides for exclusive

jurisdiction over any civil action commenced under section 1516a. 28 U.S.C.

§ 1581(c). Section 1516a(a)(2)(B)(vi) provides for judicial review of a

determination of “whether a particular type of merchandise is within the

class or kind of merchandise described in an . . . antidumping or

countervailing duty order.” 19 U.S.C. § 1516a(a)(2)(B)(vi). In conducting its

review, the court must set aside any determination, finding, or conclusion

found “to be unsupported by substantial evidence on the record, or otherwise

not in accordance with law.” Id. § 1516a(b)(1)(B)(i).

DISCUSSION

I. Parties’ Contentions

Hardware Resources argues that Commerce’s determination that Hardware

Resources’ edge-glued boards are covered by the scope of the Orders on “wood

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mouldings and millwork products” is unsupported by substantial evidence and

contrary to law. Compl. at 9, ECF No. 10 (Sept. 1, 2023). Specifically, Hardware

Resources contends that (1) Commerce failed to consider whether, as a threshold

question, Hardware Resources’ edge-glued boards are “wood mouldings or millwork

products” as specified by the plain language of the scope description; (2) Commerce

erred in determining that the plain language of the scope description does not

incorporate an end-use limitation; (3) Commerce erred in finding that Hardware

Resources’ edge-glued boards are “continuously shaped;” (4) Commerce improperly

disregarded evidence from various primary interpretive sources listed under

paragraph (k)(1) of 19 C.F.R. § 351.225 (2024) (the “(k)(1) sources”) that serve to

help clarify ambiguous scope language, including prior determinations of the U.S.

International Trade Commission (the “Commission” or “ITC”) and a prior scope

ruling issued to Loveday Lumber; and (5) to the extent that the court regards the

scope language ambiguous and analysis of the (k)(1) sources not dispositive,

Commerce failed to consider the factors set forth under paragraph (k)(2) of section

351.225 (the “(k)(2) factors”). Pl. Hardware Br. in Supp. of Mot. for J. on Agency R.

at 16, ECF No. 30 (Jan. 26, 2024) (“Hardware Br.”) at 10–12.

In response, the Government argues that “Commerce’s practice is to not

make scope inclusion or exclusion decisions based on end-use requirements, absent

clear scope language indicating otherwise.” Def. United States Br. in Supp. of Resp.

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to Pl. Mot. for J. on Agency R. at 10, ECF No. 32 (Mar. 26, 2024) (“Gov. Br.”). The

Government explains that when Commerce intends to include an end-use

restriction, its practice is to use such express terms as “‘only’ or ‘solely’ to indicate

restrictions on end uses for certain products.” Gov. Br. at 16 (citing King Supply

Co., LLC v. United States, 674 F.3d 1343, 1349 (Fed. Cir. 2012)). Here, the scope

language does not include the requisite express terms because “the only scope

language identified by Hardware [Resources] . . . was the general term ‘wood

mouldings or millwork products,’” which “does not reference use at all.” Gov. Br. at

18 (citing Final Scope Ruling at 6). Therefore, according to the Government,

Hardware Resources’ argument that its edge-glued boards are excluded from the

scope based on downstream production that processes the edge-glued boards into

cabinet sides lacks merit. Id. at 18.

The Government argues that the scope’s plain language, along with (k)(1)

interpretive sources, are dispositive, so reference to the (k)(2) factors is

unnecessary. Id. at 14–15. The Government states that the scope language covers

products that are “made of wood,” including “continuously shaped wood or finger-

jointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork blanks (whether or not resawn).” Id. at

13–14 (citing Final Scope Ruling at 8–11). Although the scope language does not

define “continuously shaped,” the Government contends that Commerce considered

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relevant (k)(1) interpretive sources to reasonably conclude that Hardware

Resources’ edge-glued boards meet this requirement. Id. at 14.

II. Legal Standard

When questions arise as to whether a particular product is covered by the

scope of an AD or CVD order, Commerce will conduct a scope inquiry and issue a

scope ruling. 19 C.F.R. § 351.225(a) (2024). In determining whether a product falls

within the scope of an AD or CVD order, Commerce “consider(s) the language of the

scope and may make its determination on this basis alone if the language of the

scope, including descriptions of merchandise expressly excluded from the scope, is

dispositive.” § 351.225(k)(1). “If the scope is unambiguous, it governs.” Meridian

Prods., LLC v. United States, 851 F.3d 1375, 1381 (Fed. Cir. 2017).

“In reviewing the plain language of a duty order,” Commerce must consider

the (k)(1) sources. § 351.225(k); see Meridian, 851 F.3d at 1382. The (k)(1) sources

include the description of the merchandise considered by Commerce and the

Commission when crafting the scope, as well as previous determinations made by

Commerce and the Commission. § 351.225(k)(1)(i); see Meridian, 851 F.3d at 1382.

If Commerce “determines that the sources under paragraph (k)(1) of this

section are not dispositive,” Commerce will then consider the (k)(2) factors.

§ 351.225(k)(2)(i). The (k)(2) factors include (A) the physical characteristics of the

product; (B) the expectations of the ultimate user; (C) the ultimate use of the

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product; (D) the channels of trade in which the product is sold; and (E) the manner

in which the product is advertised and displayed. Id. “In the event of a conflict

between the factors under paragraph (k)(2)(i) of this section, paragraph (k)(2)(i)(A)

will normally be allotted greater weight than the other factors.” § 351.225(k)(2)(ii).

“In conducting this analysis, it is well settled that Commerce has discretion in how

to balance these factors.” Meridian, 851 F.3d at 1382.

III. Commerce did not consider whether Hardwood Resources’ edge-glued boards

were “wood mouldings and millwork products”

Hardware Resources argues that the opening phrase of the scope

description — “[t]he merchandise subject to the Orders consists of wood mouldings

and millwork products that are made of wood. . .” — requires Commerce to first

consider whether a product is a wood moulding or millwork product, “[t]hen if, and

only if, that initial requirement is met, the other limiting factors apply,” including

the physical descriptions of the subject merchandise set forth in the subsequent

lines of the Orders (i.e., “made of wood . . .”). Hardware Br. at 16 (citing AD Order,

86 Fed. Reg. at 9,488). Hardware Resources explains that a plain language analysis

of the phrase “mouldings and millwork products” implies an end-use requirement

that a product subject to the Orders must be intended for use as a moulding or

millwork product, and that Hardware Resources’ product does not satisfy this

requirement. Hardware Br. at 22–23 (citing King Supply, 674 F.3d at 1345–48).

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According to Hardwood Resources, because Commerce did not give meaning

to the phrase “wood mouldings and millwork products” and instead exclusively

based its determination on the physical characteristics specified in the scope

description, Commerce’s “cursory discussion” of the plain language of the scope was

erroneous, constituted an improper application of the “three-part scope analysis set

forth in its own regulations and established by court precedent, and a remand is

warranted on that basis alone.” Hardware Br. 16–17.

Moreover, had Commerce not skipped the threshold question and instead

turned to (k)(1) sources to help define the plain language of the phrase “wood

mouldings and millwork product,” Hardware Resources explains, Commerce would

have concluded that Hardware Resources’ edge-glued boards, which are

manufactured into cabinet parts upon importation, are not wood mouldings or

millwork products and do not fall within the scope of the Orders. Id.

The Government disagrees with Hardware Resources, arguing that

Hardware Resources’ edge-glued boards “meet all physical characteristics required

by the scope” and are “indistinguishable” from a millwork product. Gov. Br. at 13,

26 (citing Final Scope Ruling at 8–11). Furthermore, the Government contends that

Commerce properly explained in its scope ruling that “the scope covers mouldings

and millwork products that are ‘made of wood,’ and ‘continuously shaped wood or

finger-jointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork blanks.’” Gov Br. at 14 (citing

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Final Scope Ruling at 8–9). The Government explains that the only ambiguity in

the scope language is the phrase “continuously shaped,” which can be clarified using

(k)(1) sources. Id. The Government contends that “Hardware [Resources] is wrong

in arguing that ‘the definition of ‘wood mouldings {or} millwork products’ is

inherently end-use based because Commerce does not make scope decisions based

on end-use requirements unless the scope language is clearly exclusionary; and

here, there is no clear scope language.” Gov. Br. at 15 (citing Hardware Br. at 23

(citing Final Scope Ruling at 10)). The Government also argues that because the

scope language includes specific merchandise to be excluded from the scope of the

Orders but does not specify that merchandise should be excluded based on end-use,

“Hardware [Resources’] claim that its merchandise was ‘further manufactur{ed} into

cabinets’ was ‘inconsequential.’” Gov. Br. at 19 (citing Final Scope Ruling at 10).

Commerce must follow the procedures set forth in its regulations as informed

by Federal Circuit precedent in conducting its scope analysis. 1 This includes

assessing the plain language of the scope description and, where appropriate,

1 Since the amendment of 19 C.F.R. § 351.225(k)(1) in September 2021, this court

has interpreted Commerce's revised regulation to reflect the approach in Meridian

Products. See SMA Surfaces, Inc. v. United States, 617 F. Supp. 3d 1263, 1272–73

(CIT 2023); id. at 1272 n.2 (“In September 2021, Commerce promulgated a final rule

that amended the text of 19 C.F.R. § 351.225(k)(1) to reflect the three-step inquiry

[in Meridian Products] that had been fashioned by the Federal Circuit's combining

of case law and the prior code provision.”).

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referring to the (k)(1) sources to interpret the plain language of the scope

description in order to reach its determination. See § 351.225(k)(1)(i); Meridian,

851 F.3d at 1382.

In this, as in any, scope inquiry, the starting point for Commerce’s analysis

must be the language of the scope description itself. Here, the opening paragraph of

the scope description contained in the Orders is as follows:

The merchandise subject to the Orders consists of wood mouldings and

millwork products that are made of wood (regardless of wood species),

bamboo, laminated veneer lumber (LVL), or of wood and composite

materials (where the composite materials make up less than 50

percent of the total merchandise), and which are continuously shaped

wood or finger-jointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork blanks

(whether or not resawn).

Final Scope Ruling at 2. In its analysis, Commerce begins by noting, correctly, that

the scope description covers “items ‘made of wood,’ ‘continuously shaped wood or

finger-jointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork blanks (whether or not resawn),’

and ‘the merchandise subject to this investigation can be continuously shaped along

any of its edges, ends, or faces.’” Id. at 8. In so doing and in the analysis that

follows, however, it appears Commerce ignores the initial requirement set forth in

the first phrase of this paragraph. Only “wood mouldings and millwork products

that” are made of wood (or the other listed materials) and are “continuously shaped

or finger-jointed or edge-glued moulding or millwork blanks” are subject to the

Orders. Id. (emphasis added). The phrase “wood mouldings and millwork products

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that” must be given meaning in the context of the scope description, and,

consequently, Commerce must determine whether Hardware Resources’ product is

a wood moulding or millwork product. See Final Scope Ruling at 2.

Notwithstanding the Government’s extensive briefing arguing that Hardware

Resources’ product is a wood moulding or millwork product as proscribed by the

scope description, see Gov. Br. at 20–26, Commerce, in its ruling, draws no such

conclusion. Final Scope Ruling at 8–10. Commerce once indicates that the process

by which Hardware Resources’ boards are sawed to make a groove results in a

product that is “indistinguishable” from a millwork product. Id. at 9. However, this

statement and the accompanying discussion relates to its analysis of whether

Hardware Resources’ product is “continuously shaped” and not a conclusion that

Hardware Resources’ product is millwork product. Id. Similarly, Commerce once

makes reference to the Commission’s definition of “wood mouldings,” but only to

dismiss Hardware Resources’ arguments regarding the existence of an end-use

limitation in the scope description. Id. at 10.

Commerce’s scope ruling, with respect to Hardware Resources’ product,

stands in contrast to prior Commerce determinations regarding the scope of these

Orders. For example, in Commerce’s scope determination regarding Loveday

Lumber’s lengthwise sawn (“LWS”) scarf-jointed wood reveal strips and wood

squares, Commerce draws a clear conclusion with regard to this question:

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“Loveday’s LWS wood products . . . are also not millwork products made of wood

that are continuously shape, finger-jointed, or edge-glued.” Final Scope Ruling on

the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on Wood Mouldings and

Millwork Products from China: Request by Loveday Lumber Company, Inc., P.R. 3,

Ex. 10 at 10 (May 16, 2022) (“Loveday Scope Ruling”) (emphasis added). Similarly,

in the original investigations, Commerce begins its preliminary scope decision

memorandum with consideration of the definition of “wood mouldings and millwork

products,” Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from China: Preliminary Scope

Decision Memorandum at 8, A-351-853, A-570-117, C-570-118 (Aug. 5, 2020), and

then proceeds to consider whether a number of products, including wood shutter

components and components of unassembled kitchen cabinets, fall within the scope

of the Orders. 2 Id. at 37–38, 43–44.

Whether Hardware Resources’ boards are mouldings or millwork products

under the plain language of the Orders was central to Hardware Resources’ request

for a scope ruling. The phrase “wood mouldings and millwork products that are”

2 In this determination, Commerce also considers and ultimately declines to modify

the definition of mouldings and millwork products to specify that such products “are

used as a covering for floors, walls, doors, and other areas, primarily in residential

and nonresidential construction, and for decorative, exposed applications . . . .” Id.

at 16–18. This discussion bears directly on the issue raised by Hardware Resources

regarding the inherent existence of an end-use limitation in the term “wood

mouldings and millwork products.” For the reasons stated in this Opinion and

Order, the court does not reach this issue.

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imposes an explicit requirement within the scope description, the meaning and

import of which the parties dispute. Under 19 C.F.R. § 351.225(k)(1), Commerce

was not free to ignore this phrase in its scope analysis.

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Commerce’s regulation contemplates that it give thorough and fair

consideration to “language of the scope,” 19 C.F.R. § 351.225(k)(1), in deciding

whether certain merchandise is within the scope of an order. Commerce failed to do

so here. It ignored the threshold question of whether the product at issue is a wood

moulding or millwork product. The court does not hold that Hardwood Resources’

boards are, or are not, wood mouldings or millwork products or that the boards are

within the scope of the Orders. That is a determination for Commerce to make

upon remand. The court holds instead that Commerce must reconsider its decision

in light of the deficiencies the court has identified.

Because the court is ordering reconsideration of the Final Scope Ruling, it

does not reach, at this stage of the litigation, Hardware Resources’ claims regarding

Commerce’s determination with respect to an inherent end-use limitation contained

in the scope description, Commerce’s interpretation of the term “continuously

shaped,” or Commerce’s consideration of various interpretive sources and factors

under 19 C.F.R. § 351.225(k). Therefore, upon consideration of all papers and

proceedings herein, it is hereby

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ORDERED that Commerce, within 90 days from the date of issuance of this

Opinion and Order, shall submit a redetermination upon remand (“Remand

Redetermination”) that complies with this Opinion and Order; it is further

ORDERED that defendant shall supplement the administrative record with

documents, or portions thereof, considered by Commerce in reaching the decision in

the Remand Redetermination within 14 days of the Remand Determination; it is

further

ORDERED that subsequent proceedings shall be governed by USCIT Rule

56.2(h); and it is further

ORDERED that the parties shall file the joint appendix within 14 days after

the filing of replies to the comments on the Remand Redetermination.

/s/ Joseph A. Laroski, Jr.

Joseph A. Laroski, Jr., Judge

Dated: December 16, 2024

New York, New York

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