Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Ltd. v. United States

• Court: United States Court of International Trade
• Decided: May 12, 2026
• Docket: Consol. 23-00068
• Status: Published

Opinion

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UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE

NEIMENGGU FUFENG BIOTECHNOLOGIES CO., SHANDONG FUFENG FERMENTATION CO., LTD., and XINJIANG FUFENG BIOTECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.,

Plaintiffs,

and Before: Gary S. Katzmann, Judge MEIHUA GROUP INTERNATOINAL Consol. Court No. 23-00068 (HONG KONG) LIMITED and XINJIANG MEIHUA AMINO ACID CO., LTD.,

Consolidated Plaintiffs, v.

UNITED STATES,

Defendant.

JUDGMENT

This case involves the 2020 to 2021 administrative review of the antidumping duty order

on imports of xanthan gum from China. Xanthan Gum From the People’s Republic of China: Final

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments;

2020-2021, 88 Fed. Reg. 9861 (Dep’t Com. Feb. 15, 2023). Following a second remand, see

Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co. v. United States, 50 CIT __, 816 F. Supp. 3d 1356 (2026),

the United States Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) submitted the Final Results of

Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand, Apr. 30, 2026, ECF No. 79 (“Second Remand

Results”). In the Second Remand Results, Commerce complied with the court’s instructions to

reconsider its valuation of Neimenggu Fufeng Biotechnologies Co., Shandong Fufeng Consol. Court No. 23-00068 Page 2

Fermentation Co., and Xinjiang Fufeng Biotechnologies Co.’s (collectively “Fufeng”) coal and

subsequently determined that “[HTS] 2701.19 is the proper subheading for the valuation of

Fufeng’s coal factor of production.” Id. at 1–2; see also Fufeng, 816 F. Supp. 3d at 1370. As a

result, Commerce calculated Fufeng’s revised dumping margin to be zero percent. Second

Remand Results at 2. “Because the separate rate for Meihua [Group International (Hong Kong)

Limited and Xinjiang Meihua Amino Acid Co., Ltd.’s (collectively “Meihua”)] was based on

Fufeng’s weighted-average dumping margin,” Commerce also recalculated Meihua’s separate rate

to be zero percent. Id.

On May 1, 2026, Fufeng and Meihua notified the court that “they will not be filing

comments” on the Second Remand Results, and that they “fully support the [Second Remand

Results] that assigned them both a zero antidumping duty . . . margin.” Pls.’ and Consol. Pls.’ Not.

of No Comments on the Second Remand Redetermination at 1, May 1, 2026, ECF No. 80. On

May 5, 2026, the Government filed a request that the court sustain Commerce’s Second Remand

Results. Def.’s Request to Sustain the Remand Redetermination, May 5, 2026, ECF No. 81.

Accordingly, and pursuant to Rule 56.2 of the Rules of the U.S. Court of International Trade, it is

hereby ORDERED that Commerce’s Second Remand Results in this action are sustained.

SO ORDERED.

/s/ Gary S. Katzmann Gary S. Katzmann, Judge Dated: May 12, 2026 New York, New York