Fresh Garlic From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Scope Ruling and Notice of Amended Final Scope Ruling Pursuant to Court Decision

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-831] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On February 23, 2026, the U.S. Court of International Trade (the Court) issued its final judgment in Export Packers Company Limited v. United States, Court No. 24-00061, sustaining the U.S. Department of ( printed page 11513) Commerce (Commerce)'s remand redetermination pertaining to the final scope ruling of the antidumping duty order on fresh garlic from the People's Republic of China (China). In the underlying scope ruling, Commerce determined that individually quick frozen (IQF) cooked garlic cloves imported by Export Packers Company Limited (Export Packers) were covered by the scope of the order. Commerce is notifying the public that the Court's final judgment is not in harmony with Commerce's final scope ruling, and that Commerce's final scope ruling finds that Export Packers' IQF cooked garlic cloves are outside the scope of the order. DATES: Applicable March 5, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo or Jacob Saude, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3797 or (202) 482-0981, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 21, 2024, Commerce issued its Final Scope Ruling finding that Export Packers' IQF cook…