Note 8 - Income from the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act

12 Months Ended

Nov. 29, 2014

Income From Continued Dumping And Subsidy Offset Act [Abstract]

Income From Continued Dumping And Subsidy Offset Act [Text Block]

8. Income from the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act

During the year ended November 24, 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) made a distribution to us of $9,010 representing our share of the final distribution of duties that have been withheld by Customs under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (“CDSOA”). Certain manufacturers who did not support the antidumping petition (“Non-Supporting Producers”) filed actions in the United States Court of International Trade challenging the CDSOA's “support requirement” and seeking to share in the distributions. As a result, Customs held back a portion of those distributions (“the Holdback”) pending resolution of the Non-Supporting Producers' claims. The Court of International Trade dismissed all of the actions of the Non-Supporting Producers, who appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the Court of Appeals”). The Court of Appeals denied the Non-Supporting Producers’ request for an injunction to block the final distribution of the Holdback and allowed Customs to distribute the funds in April of 2012, including the Company’s share of $9,010. The Court of Appeals ruled against the Non-Supporting Producers, who then each filed petitions for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court to obtain a hearing of their appeal. These petitions have since been denied, effectively ending the appeals process and the possibility that Customs would seek a return of the final distribution.