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CIT Denies Paper Whitener Maker's Bid to File Supplemental Complaint

The Court of International Trade in a text-only order on Feb. 10 denied plaintiff a motion by Archroma U.S. for leave to file a supplemental complaint since it failed to tell the court whether defendant-intervenor Teh Fong Min (TFM) International…

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Co. consented to the move. The case concerns the International Trade Commission's and Commerce Department's decision to revoke the antidumping duty order on stilbenic optical brightening agents from China and Tawain. Archroma moved for leave to file a supplemental complaint to add two additional allegations over the ITC's move terminating the second sunset review of the AD order. While the plaintiff said it had the support of the U.S., it didn't indicate whether the defendant-intervenor consented, leading the trade court to deny the motion (Archroma v. U.S. Department of Commerce, CIT # 22-00354).