Big box retailer Target Corp. asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for more time to file its reply brief in its suit against the Court of International Trade's decision to order reliquidation of Target's entries that erroneously received a favorable antidumping duty rate. While the brief is currently due on Jan. 5, 2024, Target asked if it could submit its arguments on Jan. 19 "due largely to the circumstances of the holidays" (Target Corp. v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 23-2274).
Plaintiffs on Dec. 20 dismissed three related cases challenging the Commerce Department's anti-circumvention findings regarding the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on solar cells from China. No reason for the dismissals was given. The suits were brought by exporters Red Sun Energy Long An Company, Trina Solar (Vietnam) Science & Technology Co., Trina Solar Energy Development Co., Trina Solar Co. and Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand).
A Turkish aluminum foil exporter Dec. 22 sought expedited consideration of a request for a voluntary remand by the Commerce Department and challenged concerns raised by domestic petitioners in a case involving a duty drawback adjustment on its products (Assan Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret v. U.S., CIT # 21-00616).