Trade-Related Court Cases Filed Dec. 7-13

December 15, 2020 |Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 7-13:

Jiangsu Senmao Bamboo and Wood Industry Co., Ltd.; Jiangsu Keri Wood Co., Ltd.; and Sino-Maple (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China covering entries in 2017. #20-03885. Filed Dec. 7.

Elemental LED, on the classification of LED tape lights. CBP classified the merchandise under subheading 9405.40.84 (3.9%). Elemental says it should have instead been classified under subheading 8539.50.00 (2%) or 8543.70.7100 (2%). #20-03888. Filed Dec. 7.

Nexteel, challenging Commerce's final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on welded line pipe from South Korea covering entries in 2017-18. #20-03898. Filed Dec. 11.

Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. and Riverside Plywood Corporation, challenging Commerce's final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China covering entries in 2017. #20-03899. Filed Dec. 11.

U.S. government, seeking $20.9 million in penalties from Winland International (doing business as Super Tire), its corporate officers and agents, and several people in China, for evading antidumping duties on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China. #20-03902. Filed Dec. 11.

Spartan Tools, seeking to recover Section 301 duties that it paid on the protested merchandise at the time of entry, but for which the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative subsequently granted an exclusion from Section 301 duties. #20-03903. Filed Dec. 11.

Another 13 lawsuits were filed at the CIT during the week of Dec. 7-13 to challenge lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs on products from China (see 2009220029). For a full list, see the Pacer database.

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. 7-13.