Trade-Related Court Cases Filed for Week of Dec. 1-7

December 9, 2014 by Brian Feito|Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 1-7:

United States seeking up to $1.5 million in penalties against Forexam, a Canadian company, for misclassifying softwood lumber from Canada entered in 2002 and 2003 as hardwood lumber, avoiding payment of antidumping and countervailing duties in place at the time. #14-00312. Complaint filed Dec. 1.

Hebei Donghua Jiheng Fine Chemical Co., Ltd. challenging the final results of the Commerce Department's 2012-13 antidumping duty administrative review on glycine from China. #14-00318. Summons filed Dec. 1.

Archer Daniels Midland Company, Cargill, and Tate & Lyle challenging the final results of the Commerce Department's 2012-13 antidumping duty administrative review on citric acid and certain citrate salts from China. #14-00313. Summons filed Dec. 3.

Jiaxing Brother Fastener Co., Ltd., IFI & Morgan, and RMB Fasteners challenging the final results of the Commerce Department's 2012-13 administrative review on steel threaded rod from China. #14-11316. Summons filed Dec. 4.

Dynamic Engineering challenging CBP's denial of its protests on the classification of LED lights. CBP classified the merchandise under subheading 9405.40.60 (6%). Dynamic says it should have instead been classified under subheading 8543.70.70 (2%). #14-00317. Summons filed Dec. 4.

Trek Bicycle Corporation challenging CBP's denial of its protests on the classification of bicycle jerseys. CBP classified the merchandise under subheading 6110.30.3053 (32%). Trek Bicycle says it should have instead been classified under subheading 6114.30.3060 (14.9%). #14-00319. Summons filed Dec. 4.

Clearon Corp. and Occidental Chemical Corp. challenging the International Trade Commission's negative injury determination in the antidumping duty investigation on chlorinated isocyanurates from Japan. #14-00320. Summons filed Dec. 5.

C.S. Farming Products challenging CBP's denial of its protest of the rate and amount of duty charged on an entry of fresh garlic. #14-00321. Summons filed Dec. 5.

Rebar Trade Action Coalition challenging the Commerce Department's countervailing duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey. #14-00322. Summons filed Dec. 6.

Appeals of CIT Decisions

No appeals of Court of International Trade decisions were filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit during the week of Dec. 1-7.