context: As an initial matter, the court finds that Commerce reasonably determined that the plain language of the Order's exclusion was subject to interpretation and was therefore justified in employing the (k)(1) and (k)(2) factors.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: "The relevant scope terms are 'unambiguous' if they have a 'single clearly defined or stated meaning.' " (quoting Unambiguous, Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged (3d ed. 1986
citation_a.sentence: See Duferco Steel, 296 F.3d at 1097 (“[A] predicate for the interpretive process is language in the order that is subject to interpretation.”); see also Meridian Prods., LLC v. United States, 851 F.3d 1375, 1381 n.7 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (“The relevant scope terms are ‘unambiguous’ if they have a ‘single clearly defined or stated meaning.’ ” (quoting Unambiguous, Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged (3d ed. 1986)), Here; there is nothing to suggest that the term “mechanical tubing” has a .single definition, and so Commerce’s finding that it was ambiguous was in accordance with law.
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 296 F.3d 1097, 1097
citation_b.parenthetical: "[A] predicate for the interpretive process is language in the order that is subject to interpretation."
citation_b.sentence: See Duferco Steel, 296 F.3d at 1097 (“[A] predicate for the interpretive process is language in the order that is subject to interpretation.”); see also Meridian Prods., LLC v. United States, 851 F.3d 1375, 1381 n.7 (Fed. Cir. 2017) (“The relevant scope terms are ‘unambiguous’ if they have a ‘single clearly defined or stated meaning.’ ” (quoting Unambiguous, Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged (3d ed. 1986)), Here; there is nothing to suggest that the term “mechanical tubing” has a .single definition, and so Commerce’s finding that it was ambiguous was in accordance with law.