The U.S. moved to dismiss a customs penalty suit it brought against importers Cruzin Cooler and Bad Lama and their owner Kevin Beal after it already obtained default judgment from the Court of International Trade against the companies for knowingly misclassifying their entries to lower their duty liability (United States v. Cruzin Cooler, CIT # 15-00333).
The following lawsuit was recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
A Chinese solar panel exporter said May 15 that the U.S. claim that adverse facts available findings for the Chinese government’s Export Buyers’ Credit Program are directed at the Chinese government, not individual exporters, is a “false narrative” (Risen Energy Co. v. U.S., CIT # 23-00153).
The government said in a May 20 status update that, for a case regarding an exporter’s adverse facts available rate after COVID-19 prevented in-person verification, the Commerce Department's remand redetermination will be out by Aug. 20 (PT. Asia Pacific Fibers v. U.S., CIT #22-00007).
Importer Valeo North America told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that the Commerce Department violated a "foundational principle of administrative law" in concluding the company's T-series aluminum sheet was covered by antidumping and countervailing duty orders. Commerce failed to follow its "well-established legal framework" in making the scope decision, neglecting its duty as an administrative agency to provide coherent, ascertainable guidance so that regulated parties may anticipate how agencies enforce their rules and regulations," Valeo said (Valeo North America v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 24-1189).
AD petitioners Bio-Lab, Innovative Water Care and Occidental Chemical Corporation merged their challenge to an antidumping duty review on chlorinated isocyanurates from China at the Court of International Trade with a similar challenge from Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co. and Heze Huayi Chemical Co. (Bio-Lab, et al. v. United States, CIT # 24-00024) (Juancheng Kangtai Chemical Co. v. United States, CIT # 24-00026).
Drawing pencils, colored pencils and #2 pencils exported from the Philippines by School Specialty are subject to an antidumping duty order on cased pencils from China, the Commerce Department said in a May 7 scope ruling.
The following lawsuit was recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
A group of eight TikTok users sued the U.S. on May 14, claiming a recent law that could ban the platform violates the content creators' First Amendment rights.
A Chinese exporter of passenger vehicle and light truck tires said in a May 14 complaint that the Commerce Department repeatedly made a mathematical error in an antidumping duty review by constructing input freight shipment cost without considering distance (Giti Tire Global Trading PTE. LTD. v. U.S., CIT # 24-00083).