Plywood Importers to Appeal CIT Evasion Decision
Importers American Pacific Plywood, U.S. Global Forest and InterGlobal Forest will appeal a June opinion by the Court of International Trade, which ruled that CBP did not misapply the substantial evidence standard when it found the three importers evaded the…
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antidumping and countervailing duties on hardwood plywood products from China, according to an Aug. 18 filing (American Pacific Plywood v. U.S., CIT Consol. # 20-03914). In his June opinion, Judge M. Miller Baker found that the importers didn't support their theory that CBP didn't comply with the objective "reasonable mind" standard. Baker said that the importers' lack of access to all the confidential information in the suit does not constitute a due process violation (see 2306300033).