Timken Co. v. United States

OPINION

RESTANI, Judge.

This action was brought to challenge the decision of the Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration (Commerce), to deny plaintiff access to computer tapes submitted by defendant-intervenors in the investigation of Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished or Unfinished, from Japan, ITA No. A-588-604, 51 Fed.Reg. 83286 (Sept. 19, 1986) (Notice of Investigation). 1 The tapes contain sales and cost information that previously was provided to plaintiff in roughly 15,000 pages of computer printout. Plaintiff contends that “[t]he sheer volume of data…