Industria de Fundicao Tupy v. United States

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

I

Introduction

Wallach, Judge:

This case tests whether a foreign exporter to the United States may force the government to use low antidumping rates determined in an initial less-than-fair-value (“LTFV”) investigation by refusing to provide updated information for an administrative review. Plaintiffs, Industria de Fundicao Tupy (“Tupy”), the sole exporter of malleable cast iron pipe fittings from Brazil, and American Iron & Alloys Corporation (“American Iron”),1 challenge the final results of the International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce (“ITA” or…