CIT Vacates Forced Labor Finding on Aluminum Extrusion Exporter
The Court of International Trade on Sept. 23 remanded CBP's finding that Dominican exporter Kingtom Aluminio made its aluminum extrusions using forced labor. Judge Timothy Reif held that CBP failed to "articulate a satisfactory explanation for its action" based on…
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a "rational connection between the facts found and the choice made" in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act. Reif likened the case to the court's previous consideration of a company's challenge to its placement on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List. The judge said CBP's "conclusory, unsupported allegations" of forced labor made with regards to Kingtom are "readily distinguishable" from the "substantive statements" made in defense of the UFLPA Entity List addition.