CIT Upholds Presumption of Government Control for Exporters in Nonmarket Economies

In an opinion made public Aug. 19, Court of International Trade Judge Mark Barnett affirmed the Commerce Department's decision to reject a separate rate application submitted by solar cell exporter Yingli Energy (China). He observed that the exporter's majority shareholder was a Chinese government agency. He also upheld Commerce's rebuttable presumption that exporters in nonmarket economies are government-controlled (Yingli Energy (China) Company Limited v. United States, CIT # 24-00131).