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Jan 25th, 2018
Trade Updates for Week of January 24, 2018
United States Court of International Trade Remand Determination Sustained on Nails Case In Itochu Bldg. Prods. Co et. al. v. United States et. al. Slip Op. 18-03, Court No. 13-00132 (January 18, 2018) the Court reviewed remand redeterminations made by Commerce in regards to an annual administrative review of…
Feb 9th, 2018
Trade Updates for Week of February 7, 2018
United States Court of International Trade Remand Decision Regarding LTAR Sustained In Ozdmir Boru San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti., v. United States, Court No. 16-206, Slip Op. 18-6 (February 1, 2018), the Court sustained the remand decision. Commerce chose to maintain its Land for Less than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR)…
Feb 14th, 2018
Trade Updates for Week of February 14, 2018
United States Court of International Trade Pet Carriers are Not Classified under Heading 4202 In Quaker Pet Group LLC v. United States, Slip Op. 18-9, Court No. 13-0093 (February 12, 2108), plaintiffs challenged Customs denial of an administrative protest, and classification of imported pet carrier bags. Customs found that…
Feb 21st, 2018
Trade Updates for Week of February 21, 2018
United States Court of International Trade ITC Decision on Hydrofluorocarbons Remanded in Part In Arkema Inc., The Chemours Company FC, LLC, Honeywell International Inc. v. United States, Court No. 16-179, Slip Op. 18-12 (Feburary 16, 2018), the court remanded in part the material injury determination of the International Trade…
Mar 6th, 2018
Trade Updates for Week of February 28, 2018
11th ADD Review on Frozen Fish Fillets from Vietnam Remanded in Part In An Giang Fisheries Import and Export Joint Stock Company et al., v. United States, Court No. 16-72, Slip Op. 18-10 (published February 21, 2010), the court sustained in part and remanded in part, the U.S. Department of…
Mar 8th, 2018
Trade Updates for Week of March 7, 2018
United States Court of International Trade Motion to Dismiss Denied in Penalty Case In United States v. Maverick Marketing, LLC et al., Court No. 17-174, Slip Op. 18-16 (March 7 2018), plaintiff claimed that Maverick and Good Times are liable for $3,339,011.08 worth of unpaid FET pursuant to 19…
Mar 14th, 2018
Trade Updates for Week of March 14, 2018
United States Court of International Trade Remand Determination Affirmed In Evonik Corporation et al. v. United States, Court No. 15-296, Slip Op.18-21 (March 12, 2018), the Court reviewed the remand determination in the 2013-2014 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on glycine from the People’s Republic of China….
Mar 21st, 2018
Trade Updates for Week of March21, 2018
United States Court of International Trade Remand Determination Affirmed In DynaEnergetics U.S. Inc. v. United States, Court No. 16-45, Slip Op. 18-23 (March 16, 2018), the Court affirmed the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) scope determination in the Remand Results, where Commerce determined that Plaintiff’s customized tubing for perforating…
May 11th, 2023
Trade Updates for Week of May 11, 2023
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE Slip Op. 23-68 Before the Court in ME Global, Inc. v. United States, Court No. 19-179, Slip. Op. 23-68 (May 2, 2023) were the cross-motions for summary judgment of plaintiff and defendant concerning the proper classification of heat-treated forged steel rods from the People’s…
Jun 14th, 2023
Trade Updates for Week of June 14, 2023
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE Slip Op. 23-90 Before the Court in Maple Leaf Marketing, Inc., v. United States, Court No. 20-03839, Slip Op. 23-90 (June 14, 2023) was Plaintiff Maple Leaf Marketing, Inc.’s (“Maple Leaf”) motion to dismiss Defendant U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (“CBP”) counterclaim, and to…
Jun 22nd, 2023
Trade Updates for Week of June 21, 2023
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE Slip Op. 23-91 Before the Court in Skyview Cabinet USA, Inc., v. United States, Court No. 22-08, Slip Op. No. 23-91 (June 20, 2023) was plaintiff, Skyview Cabinet Inc.’s (“Skyview”), motion for judgment on the agency record challenging U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (“CBP…
Jun 28th, 2023
Trade Updates for Week of June 28,2023
UNITED STATES COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE Slip Op. 23-92 Before the court in Sea Shepherd New Zealand v. United States, Court No. 20-112, Slip Op. 23-92 (June 21, 2023) was the Defendant’s motion to dismiss the third count in Plaintiffs’ complaint which alleged that the Department of Commerce acted arbitrarily,…
Jan 28th, 2015
Trade Courts Updates for Week of January 28, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Third Redetermination Remanded to Commerce Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 12-200, Slip Op. 15-7 (January 23, 2015), was before the court following a second redetermination and a voluntary partial third redetermination. In the third redetermination, the Department of Commerce…
Feb 18th, 2015
Trade Court Updates for Week of February 18, 2015
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Affirming ITC Decision Regarding Patents in CDMA Networks In InterDigital Communications, Inc., InterDigital Tech-nology Corporation, and IPR Licensing, Inc. (collectively, “InterDigital”) v. United States International Trade Commission et al., 2014-1176 (February 18, 2015), InterDigital appealed from the final determination of the…
Mar 19th, 2015
Trade Courts Updates for Week of March 18, 2015
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Federal Circuit Affirms Decision on Upholding Application of Countervailing Duties on Non-Market Economies In GPX International Tire Corporation et al. v. United States, Case Nos. 2014-1188, 2014-1248 (March 13, 2015), GPX International Tire Corp. and Hebei Starbright Tire Co., Ltd. (collectively,…
Apr 2nd, 2015
Trade Courts Updates For Week of April 2, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Commerce’s Final Scope Ruling Affirmed Kirovo-Chepetsky Khimichesky Kombinat, JSC, part of Uralchem, OJSC v. United States and CF Industries, Inc. and El Dorado Chemical Company, concerns a scope ruling issued by the Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) concerning solid fertilizer imported from the Russian Federation. …
Mar 26th, 2015
Trade Courts Updates for Week of March 26, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Results from Aluminum Extrusions Review Remanded in Part Tai Shan City Kam Kiu Aluminum Extrusion Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 14-16, Slip Op. 15-21 (March 20, 2015) came before the court as a result of Plaintiff’s, Tai Shan City Kam Kiu Aluminium…
Apr 10th, 2015
Trade Courts Updates for Week of April 8, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Commission’s Final Determination Sustained In Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries v. United States et al., Court No. 13-386, Slip Op. 15-29 (April 3, 2015), Plaintiff Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries’ (“Plaintiff” or “COGSI” or “Petitioner”) moved for Judgment on the Agency Record pursuant to…
Apr 15th, 2015
Trade Courts Updates for Week of April 15, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Final Results Remanded to Commerce In Zhaoqing Tifo New Fibre Co. v. United States et al., Court No. 13-44, Slip Op. 15-31(April 9, 2015), the court reviewed the fourth administrative review of the antidumping duty order covering polyester staple fiber from the People’s Republic…
Apr 23rd, 2015
Trade Courts Updates for Week of April 22, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Motion for Reconsideration Denied In Elkay Manufacturing Company v. United States, et al., Court No. 13-176, Slip Op. 15-33 (April 20, 2015), Guangdong Dongyuan Kitchenware Industrial Company, Ltd.(“Dongyuan”), defendant-intervenor and consolidated plaintiff in this case, moved for reconsideration of the court’s December 22, 2014…
Apr 30th, 2015
Trade Courts Updates for Week of April 29, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Results Remanded for Third Time In Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. et al. v. U.S. et al., Court No. 10-371, Slip Op. 15-37 (April 22, 2015), the court reviewed the second Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court Remand (“RR2”) concerning the antidumping…
May 6th, 2015
Trade Courts Updates for Week of May 6, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Complaint Dismissed where Plaintiff Failed to Exhaust Administrative Remedies In Ceramark Technology, Inc. v. United States, Court No. 13-357, Slip Op. 15-40 (May 1, 2015), the court considered whether Plaintiff Ceramark Technology, Inc. (“Ceramark”), failed to exhaust administrative remedies by not commenting on Commerce’s…
Feb 11th, 2015
Trade Court Updates for Week of February 11, 2015
U.S. Court of International Trade Motion for Default Judgment Granted In United States v. NYCC 1959, Inc., Court No. 14-45, Slip Op. 15-13 (February 6, 2015), the United States brings this action to recover a civil penalty as permitted by Section 592 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19…
Jul 30th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for the Week of July 29, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Motion for Summary Judgment Granted in Part In penalty case, United States v. Horizon Products International, Inc., Court No. 14-104, Slip Op. 15-80 (July 24, 2015), the Government seeks $394,794 in unpaid duties and penalties from Defendant Horizon Products International, Inc. (“Horizon”) under…
May 13th, 2015
Trade Courts Updates for Week of May 13, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Second Remand Results Sustained Before the court in CS Wind Vietnam Co., Ltd. and CS Wind Corporation (collectively “CS Wind”), Court No. 13-102, Slip Op. 15-45, was U.S. Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Final Redetermination Pursuant to Court Order, ECF No. 82 (“Second Remand Results”). The court…
May 21st, 2015
Trade Courts Updates for Week of May 20, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Judgment Enforced In GPX International Tire Corporation et al. v. United States et al., Court No. 08-285, Slip Op. 15-46 (May 18, 2015), consolidated plaintiffs Tianjin United Tire & Rubber International Co., Ltd. (“TUTRIC”), moved for enforcement of the court’s judgment entered October…
May 27th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of May 27, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Commerce Remand Results Sustained Before the court, in Fedmet Res. Corp. v. United States, Court No. 12-215, Slip Op. 15-48 (May 22, 2015, were the final results of Defendant United States Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) redetermination pursuant to this court’s Order, Fedmet Res. Corp….
Jun 5th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of June 3, 2015
United States Court of International Trade ITC Redetermination Sustained In JMC Steel Group et al. v. United States, Court No. 13-22, Slip Op. 15-51 (May 29, 2015), the court reviewed the redetermination ordered in JMC Steel Group v. United States, 38 CIT __, 24 F. Supp. 3d 1290 (2014) (“JMC…
Jun 11th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of June 10, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Subject-Matter Jurisdiction Granted In P.F. Stores, Inc. v. United States and American Furniture Manufacturers Committee for Legal Trade and Vaughan-Bassett Furniture Company, Inc., Plaintiff challenged the liquidation of certain entries subject to the antidumping duty order on wooden…
Jun 18th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of June 17, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Sustained Commerce’s Final Determination in Less than Fair Value Investigation Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 15-57, Court No. 13-98 (June 12, 2015) involved a U.S. Department of Commerce (“Defendant” or “Commerce”) final determination in…
Jun 24th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of June 24, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Granted Summary Judgment in Plaintiff’s Favor In LDA Incorporado v. United States, Court No. 12-349, Slip Op. 15-64 (June 19, 2015), the court granted judgment in plaintiff’s favor finding that Customs failed to follow Commerce’s scope order. LDA “is a Puerto Rican corporation…
Jul 2nd, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of July 1, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Granted and Denied in Part Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss In Fedmet Resources Corporation v. United States, Court No. 14-297 (June 26, 2015), Plaintiff Fedmet Resources Corporation (“Fedmet”), a U.S. importer, contested decisions by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs” or “CBP”) requiring…
Jul 9th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of July 8, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Remand Determination Affirmed In Changzhou Hawd Flooring Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 12-20, Slip Op. 15-71 (July 6, 2015), the court reviewed the fourth remand results regarding Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s Republic of China [(“PRC”)], 76 Fed. Reg. 64,318 (Dep’t…
Jul 22nd, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of July 22, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Commerce’s Final Results were Sustained Before the court in Fresh Garlic Producers Association et al. v. United States, et al., Court No. 13-23, Slip Op. 15-77 (July 16, 2015) was plaintiffs’ USCIT Rule 56.2 motion for judgment on the agency record. Plaintiffs Fresh Garlic…
Aug 5th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for the Week of August 5, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Denied Motion to Amend Judgment In Apex Frozen Foods Private Ltd. et al., v. United States et al., Court No. 13-283, Slip Op. 15-81 (published August 5, 2015), the court denied plaintiff’s motion to amend the judgment. First, the plaintiffs stated that the…
Aug 12th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for the Week of August 12, 2015
Federal Circuit: Section 337 Allow ITC to Stop “Induced” Infringement, Says En Banc Opinion; Four Judges Dissent The question of whether the United States International Trade Commission may exclude from entry, under Section 337 of the Tariff Act, goods which might be the subject of “induced” patent infringement claims may…
Aug 19th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for the Week of August 19, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Sustained Remand Results In Fengchi Import Export Co., Ltd., et al. v. United States, et al., Court No. 13-186, Slip Op. 15-86 (August 13, 2015), the court sustained the Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) remand results. In the underlying administrative review of the antidumping…
Aug 26th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of August 26, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Denied Default Judgment In United States v. Selecta Corporation, LLC, Slip Op. 15-90, Court No. 11-89 (August 20, 2015), the court denied plaintiff’s motion for default judgment. Before the court was plaintiff’s application for a judgment by default seeking a civil…
Sep 3rd, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of September 2, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Partial 55(b) Summary Judgement Entered In United States v. Horizon International, Inc., Court No. 14-104, Slip Op. 15-96 (August 26, 2015), the court entered an immediate 54(b) partial summary judgment to allow plaintiff the United States to collect the unpaid duties and equitable prejudgment…
Sep 10th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of September 9, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Denied Motion for Judgment on Agency Record Regarding Scope Ruling In Kam Kiu Aluminum Prodcuts Sdn. and Taishan City Kam Kiu Aluminum Extrusion Co. Ltd. v. United States et al., Court No. 13-402, Slip Op. 15-101 (September 3, 2015), plaintiffs Kam Kiu Aluminum Products…
Sep 24th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of September 23, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Commerce’s Final Results Affirmed In Appvion, Inc. v. United States, Court No. 14-143, Slip Op. 15-104 (September 17, 2015), plaintiff, Appvion Inc., (“Appvion”) filed the instant suit disputing Commerce’s determination that certain sales were within the ordinary course of trade and that the application…
Sep 16th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of September 16, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Countervailing Duty Results Sustained In Yantai Xinke SteelStructure Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 10-239, plaintiff Yantai Xinke Steel Structure Co., Ltd. (“Xinke” or “plaintiff”) moved for judgment on the agency record, challenging the Final Determination of Commerce in Certain Steel Grating…
Oct 1st, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of September 30, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Denial of Defense Counsel’s Motion to Withdraw In United States v. International Trading Services, LLC and Julio Lorza, Court No. 12-135, Slip-Op. 15-106 (September 23, 2105), the court denied Defense counsel’s motion to withdraw as counsel for defendant where such withdrawal would leave…
Oct 8th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of October 8, 2015
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit “Unreliable” Information Results in Loss of “Separate Rate” Status in Antidumping Case The failure of a respondent in an antidumping case to provide accurate information concerning its affiliations renders all of its submissions “unreliable”, and justified imposition of duties at the…
Oct 22nd, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of October 21, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Remand Ordered for Second Time In Beijing Tianhai Industry Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 12-203, Slip Op 15-114, the court reviewed the results of a remand order. In Beijing Tianhai Industry Co. v. United States, 38 CIT __, 7 F. Supp. 3d…
Oct 29th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for the Week of October 28, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Remand Results Affirmed The court in Wheatland Tube Company v. United States, Court No. 12-296, Slip Op. 15-118 (October 21, 2015) sustained the Final Redetermination Pursuant to a Court Remand in the circular welded pipe imported from China investigation. Additionally, the court in MacLean-Fog…
Nov 4th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of November 4, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Motion for Certification Denied InIcdas Celik Enerji Tersane Ve Ulasim Sanayi, A.S. v. United States, Court No. 14-267, Slip Op. 15-121 (October 30, 2015), the court denied defendant-intervenor Rebar Trade Action Coalition’s (“RTAC”) motion for certifying questions for interlocutory appeal. RTAC sought certification…
Nov 19th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of November 18, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss and Motion for Summary Judgment Granted In American Power Pull Corporation v. United States, Court No. 14-88, Slip Op. 15-128, Judge Barnett dismissed plaintiff’s complaint and granted defendant’s motion to dismiss and motion for summary judgment. Plaintiff filed a…
Nov 11th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of November 11, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Motion to Dismiss Granted where Basis of Plaintiff’s Claim was Invalid Protest In Design International Group Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 14-119, Slip Op. 15-126 (November 9, 2015), the court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss because plaintiff’s complaint was based on an…
Dec 3rd, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of December 3, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Remanded in Part Commerce’s Final Results In Fresh Garlic Producers Association et al. v. United States, Court No. 14-180, Slip Op. 15-133 (November 30, 2015), the plaintiffs challenged the Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) final results from the eighteenth administrative review of the…
Dec 9th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of December 9, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Affirmed ITC Decision Regarding Solar Modules Kyocera Solar, Inc. et al. v. United States et al., Court No. 15-84, Slip Op. 15-136 (December 7, 2015) came before the Court upon Plaintiff’s, Kyocera Solar Inc. (“KSI”) and Kyocera Mexicana S.A. DE C.V. (“KMX”) (collectively…
Dec 16th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of December 16, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Sustained Countervailing Duty Subsidy Decision In SolarWorld Americas Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 15-137, Court No. 13-7 (December 14, 2015), plaintiff SolarWorld Americas Incorporated (“SolarWorld”) challenged the United States Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) determination, during the countervailing duty (“CVD”) investigation of…
Dec 23rd, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of December 23, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Affirmed Redetermination Results In sister cases, Peer-Bearing Company-Changshan v. United States et al., Court Nos. 10-13 and 11-22, Slip Op. 15-142/143 (December 21, 2015) the court affirmed a second redetermination in the twenty-first and twenty-second administrative reviews of an antidumping duty…
Dec 30th, 2015
Trade Courts Update for Week of December 30, 2015
United States Court of International Trade Court Remanded Redetermination Results In Trade Associates Group, Ltd. v. United States and National Candle Association, Court No. 11-397, Slip Op. 15-145, plaintiff Trade Associates Group, Ltd. (“Trade Associates”), a U.S. importer of candles, contested a 2011 “Final Scope Ruling” of the…
Jan 8th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of January 6, 2016
US District Court, District of Columbia “Buy America” Exemptions Invalid, District Court Rules The Secretary of Transportation, acting through the Federal Highway Administration, improperly waived application of “Buy America” restrictions for iron and steel products purchased for Federal highway projects, according to a recent decision of the United States District…
Jan 14th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of January 13, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Remanded in Part Redetermination Results Regarding Floor-Standing, Metal-Top Ironing Tables from China In Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares & Hardwares Co., Ltd., v. United States, Court No. 12-69, Slip Op. 16-1 (January 8, 2016), the court considered, Final Results of Redetermination, ECF No….
Jan 21st, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of January 20, 2016
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Federal Circuit Affirmed Commerce Decision on AFA Rate In Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 2015-1054 (January 19, 2016), Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Ltd. (“Nan Ya”) challenged the Court of International Trade’s sustaining the 74.34% adverse…
Jan 27th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of January 27, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Sustained Commerce’s Remand Determination In Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee v. United States, Court No. 13-346, Slip Op. 16-7 (January 22, 2015) the court reviewed the remand results regarding the seventh administrative review by the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) of…
Feb 3rd, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of February 3, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Affirms in Part and Remands in Part Commerce’s Scope Determination In Whirlpool Corporation v. United States, Court No. 14-199, Slip Op. 16-8 (February 1, 2016), the court considered Whirlpool’s motion for judgment on the agency record, in which Whirlpool argues that Commerce…
Feb 10th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of February 10, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Sustained Commerce’s Final Determination In Apex Frozen Foods Private Limited et al. v. United States, Court No.14-226, Slip Op. 16-9(published on February 10, 2015), the court considered plaintiffs Apex Frozen Foods Private Limited, et al.’s (collectively “plaintiffs”) motion for judgment on the…
Feb 25th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of February 24, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Affirmed Countervailing Duty Determination In Hebei Jiheng Chemicals Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 14-337, Slip Op. 16-15 (February 18, 2016), plaintiff Hebei Jiheng Chemicals Co., Ltd. (“Jiheng”) challenged the final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) in the countervailing…
Mar 3rd, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of March 2, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Second Remand Results Sustained In Ethan Allen Operations, Inc. et al, v. United States, Court No. 14-147, Slip Op. 16-19, (February 29, 2016) the Court considered the second remand to Commerce on whether four (4) types of wooden chests should be included in…
Mar 10th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of March 9, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Denied Motion to Take Judicial Notice In Tri Union Food Products, Inc. et al., v. United States, et al., Consolidated Court No. 14-249, Slip Op. 16-20 (March 8, 2016), the court reviewed a motion for judicial notice filed by Consolidated Plaintiffs Vietnam…
Mar 17th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of March 16, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Denied Motion to File Brief as Amicus Curiae Before the court in Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd. & Trina Solar (Changzhou) Science & Technology Co., Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op. 16-22, Consol. Court No. 15-68, was a motion by the…
Mar 24th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of March 23, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Denied Motion to File Brief as Amicus Curiae In Jedwards International, Inc. v. United States, Court No. 11-31, Slip Op. 16-23 (March 21, 2016), the court reviewed a motion by DSM Nutritional Products, LLC (“DSM”), pursuant to USCIT Rule 76 for leave…
Mar 31st, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of March 30, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Defendant Ordered to Pay Duties for Incorrect Claims In United States v. Juan Carlos Chavez, Court No. 12-104, Slip Op. 16-26 (March 25, 2016) a suit for unpaid duties for the corrected classification and incorrectly claiming duty-free treatment under the Caribbean Basin Economic…
Apr 7th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of April 6, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Denial of Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment on the Agency Record The decision contested in Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade Committee v. United States and Rheetech Sales & Services, Inc., Court No. 14-206, Slip Op. 16-31 (March 31, 2016) is the Final Scope Ruling…
Apr 14th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of April 13, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Sustained Third Redetermination Before the court in Foshan Shunde Yongjian Housewares & Hardware Co., Ltd. & Polder, Inc. v. United States, Court No. 10-59, Slip Op. 16-35 (April 7. 2016) was the United States Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Third Final Results of…
Apr 21st, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of April 20, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Remanded Findings in Final Determination In Itochu Building Products, Co., Inc. v. United States, Court No. 15-9, Slip Op. 16-37 (April 15, 2016), plaintiff, Itochu Building Products Company, Inc. (“Plaintiff” or “Itochu”) challenged the final determination of the U.S. Department of Commerce…
Apr 28th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of April 27, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Denied Plaintiff’s Motion for Summary Judgment In Suntec Industries Co., Ltd. v. United States and Mid Continent Nail Coporation, Court No. 13-157, Slip Op. 16-40 (April 22, 2016) Suntec Industries Co., Ltd. (“Suntec”) repeatedly argued that it did not have actual notice…
May 5th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of May 3, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Sustained Fourth Remand Results In Since Hardware (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 09-123, Slip Op. 16-42 (April 28, 2016), the Court considered the United States Department of Commerce’s (“the Department” or “Commerce”) Fourth Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to…
May 12th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of May 11, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Remand Determination Not Supported by Substantial Evidence Before the court in Bell Supply Co. v. United States, Court No. 14-66, Slip Op. 16-41 (published May 4, 2016), is the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce” or “Department”) remand redetermination filed pursuant to the court’s…
May 18th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of May 18, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Sustained Remand Redetermination In Gang Yan Diamond Products, Inc. et al. v. United States, Court No. 14-148, Slip Op. 16-49 (May 11, 2016), the court considered the results of remand of Diamond Sawblades from the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) (“Remand”) of…
May 26th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of May 25, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Final Determination Remanded in Part Before the court in Tension Steel Industries Co., Ltd v. United States, Court No. 14-218, Slip Op. 16-51 (published May 24, 2016), were motions for judgment on the agency record of Consolidated Plaintiffs Tension Steel Industries Co., Ltd….
Jun 9th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of June 8, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Redetermination in Eight Administrative Review Remanded in Part In Vinh Hoan Corporation et al. v. United States, Court No. 13-156, Slip Op. 16-53 (published June 3, 2016), the court had remanded Commerce’s final determination in the eighth administrative review of the antidumping duty…
Jun 15th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of June 15, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Preliminary Injunction Granted In Neo Solar Power Corporation v. United States, Court No. 16-88, Slip Op. 16-58 (June 9, 2016), Neo Solar Power Corporation’s (“Neo”) moved for a preliminary injunction regarding liquidation of its entries into the United States. Neo is a producer…
Jun 23rd, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of June 22, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Motion to Intervene Denied Neo Solar Power Corporation v. United States., concerns a challenge to the Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) decision rejecting Plaintiff Neo’s request to be included in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain crystalline silicone photovoltaic products…
Jul 6th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of July 6, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment on the Agency Record Denied IKEA Supply AG, v. United States and Aluminum Extrusions Fair Trade Committee, concerns a challenge to the Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) determination that certain towel racks imported by IKEA fell within the scope of…
Jul 13th, 2016
Trade Courts Updates for Week of July 13, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Remand Redetermination Remanded in Part In Fresh Garlic Producers Association et al. v. United States et al., Consolidated Court No. 14-80, Slip Op. 16-68 (July 7, 2016), the court reviewed the United States Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to…
Jul 20th, 2016
Trade Courts Updates for Week of July 20, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Remand Determination Affirmed In Elkay Manufacturing Company v. United States, Court No. 13-176, Slip Op. 16-169 (July 14, 2016), plaintiffs Elkay Manufacturing Company (“Elkay”) and Guangdong Dongyuan Kitchenware Industrial Company, Ltd. (“Dongyuan”) contested an affirmative determination (“Final Determination”) that the International Trade Administration,…
Jul 27th, 2016
Trade Courts Updates for Week of July 27, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Commerce Determination Remanded in Part In this copper tube and pipe case, Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, Inc. v. United States, Court No. 15-177, Slip Op. 16-71 (July 21, 2016), Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, Inc. (et al.; collectively “Golden Dragon”),…
Aug 4th, 2016
Trade Courts Update for Week of August 3, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Denying Plaintiff’s Claim Regarding the User Defined Rule and Entering Declaratory Judgment in Favor of Plaintiff on Count II of Amended Complaint In Fed Met Resources Corporation v. United States, Court No. 14-297, Slip Op. 16-75 (August 1, 2016), plaintiff Fedmet Resources Corporation…
Aug 17th, 2016
Trade Courts Updates for Week of August 17, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Remands Commerce’s Decision Regarding Polyethylene Terephthalate In Tianjin Wanhua Co., Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 15-190, Slip Op. 16-79 (August 15, 2016, the court remanded the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (“Commerce”) results from its fifth administrative review of the antidumping duty…
Aug 25th, 2016
Trade Courts Updates for Week of August 24, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Remand Results Sustained Before the court in Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group, Inc. et al. v. United States, Slip Op. 16-80, Court No. 14-00116 (August 23, 2016) were the Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court Order, Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube…
Sep 8th, 2016
Trade Courts Updates for Week of September 7, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Default Judgment Entered In United States v. NYCC 1959, Inc., Court No. 15-111, Slip Op. 16-83 (September 7, 2016), plaintiff filed suit to recover unpaid duties and a civil penalty, as permitted by Section 592 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended,…
Sep 15th, 2016
Trade Courts Updates for Week of September 14, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Instructions Issued Pursuant to Mandate Before the court in Albemarle Corporation v. United States, Court No. 11-45, Slip Op. 16-84 (September 7, 2016) was the mandate issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Court of Appeals”) in Albemarle…
Sep 22nd, 2016
Trade Updates for Week of September 21, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Court Affirmed in Part and Remanded in Part Final Results In Gaungzhou Jangho Curtain Wall System Engineering Co., Ltd. et al. v. United States, Court Nos. 15-23 and 15-24, Slip Op. 16-87 (September 19, 2016), Guangzhou Jangho Curtain Wall System Engineering Co. Ltd….
Sep 29th, 2016
Trade Updates for Week of September 28, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Remand Required in Redetermination of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Turkey The court considered remand results in Rebar Trade Action Coalition v. United States et al., Court No. 14-268, Slip Op. 16-88 (September 21, 2016). There were several aspects of Commerce’s decision in…
Oct 6th, 2016
Trade Updates for Week of October 5, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Remand Required in Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand Case In Pakfood Public Limited et al v. United States, Court No. 14-230, Slip Op. 16-90 (October 4, 1996) the court decided to remand the case back to Commerce. This action involved the final results…
Oct 13th, 2016
Trade Updates for Week of October 12, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Redetermination Remanded Regarding Curtain Walls In Shenyang Yuanda Aluminum Industry Engineering Co. v. United States, Court No. 14-106 Slip Op. 16-94 (October 6, 2016), this court reviewed the second remand determination resulting from challenges from plaintiffs Shenyang Yuanda Aluminum Industry Engineering Co., Ltd. and…
Dec 7th, 2016
Trade Updates for Week of December 7, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment on Agency Record Denied In Neo Solar Powerv. United States et al., Court No. 16-88, Slip Op. 16-111 (December 1, 2016), the court reviewed plaintiff Neo Solar Power Corporation (“NSP”)’s motion for judgment on the agency record pursuant to…
Aug 9th, 2016
INTERNATIONAL TRADE UPDATE
Court of International Trade Rules Against CBP Limits on Seeking Preferential Tariff Status by Protest; “Rejected” Protests are Still Alive and Pending In a decision with potentially far-reaching ramifications, the United States Court of International Trade (CIT) has ruled that Customs may not prevent importers from raising certain claims…
Dec 15th, 2016
Trade Updates for Week of December 14, 2016
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Federal Circuit Upholds Award of Attorney’s Fees in Customs Classification Case International Customs Products Inc. fought in the Federal courts for over a decade when Customs increased duties on its imported “white sauce” product without revoking a binding ruling the…
Dec 29th, 2016
Trade Updates for Week of December 28, 2016
United States Court of International Trade Remanding in Part the Fourth Administrative Review In Hangzhou Yingqing Material Co. and Hangzhou Qingqing Mechanical Co. v. United States, Court No. 14-133 (December 21, 2016), the Court reviewed the fourth administrative review (and aligned new shipper review) conducted by the U.S. Department…
Jan 12th, 2017
Trade Updates for Week of January 11, 2017
United States Court of International Trade Motion to Stay Liquidation Granted In Sunpreme, Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 17-1, Court No. 15-315 (January 5, 2017), the court granted defendant’s motion to stay liquidation pending defendant’s appeal where defendant would have no recourse to challenge the court’s decision that…
Jan 25th, 2017
Trade Updates for Week of January 25, 2017
United States Court of International Trade Court Sustained Remand Results In Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co., Ltd. et al. v. United States et al., Court No. 14-0056, Slip Op.17-3, the court considered the redetermination on the seventh administrative review of chlorinated isocyanurates from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). On…
Feb 10th, 2017
Trade Updates for Week of February 8, 2017
United States Court of International Trade Court Sustained Remand Results in Part In Shandong Rongxin Import & Export Co., Ltd. v. United States and Dixon Ticonderoga, Court No. 15-151, Slip Op. 17-11 (February 3, 2017), the Court remanded in part Commerce’s remand decision in the case of dumped pencils. …
Feb 17th, 2017
Trade Updates for Week of February 15, 2017
United States Court of International Trade Blanket with Sleeves Classified as Blanket In Allstar Marketing Group, LLC v. United States, Court No. 13-395, Slip Op. 17-15 (February 10, 2017), plaintiff challenged U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (“Customs”) liquidation of the subject import, a polyester fleece knit article referred to…
Mar 2nd, 2017
Trade Updates for Week of March 1, 2017
United States Court of International Trade Motion for Amended Preliminary Injunction Denied In An Giang Fisheries Import and Export Joint Stock Company et al. v. United States, Court No. 16-72, Slip Op. 17-19 (February 24, 2017), the court denied plaintiff’s motion to amend the statutory injunction. This matter was…
Mar 29th, 2017
Trade Updates for Week of March 29, 2017
United States Court of International Trade Sustaining Remand Results In United States Steel Corporation et al. v. United States, Court No. 14-263, Slip Op. 17-28 (Public Decision Issued March 23, 2017), the Court reviewed the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (“Department” or “Commerce”). Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Remand…