CIT Upholds Decision to Include Glass Surface Product Under AD/CVD Orders

The Court of International Trade in a Sept. 20 opinion upheld the Commerce Department's decision to find that importer SMA Surface's Twilight product does not qualify for the crushed glass surface products exclusion under the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on quartz surface products from China. Judge Gary Katzmann said SMA Surfaces waived its objections to this finding, which Commerce issued on remand, when the importer "did not brief any arguments specific to Commerce's analysis and explanation." Additionally, the judge said the remand results "adequately addressed" the importer's preliminary objections.