Trade-Related Court Cases Filed Sept. 13-19

September 21, 2021 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 13-19:

Kisaan Die Tech Private Limited, challenging the Commerce Department's final results in the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel flanges from India, covering entries in 2018-19. #21-00512. Filed Sept. 14.

JA Solar International Limited and JA Solar USA Inc., challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic products from Taiwan covering entries in 2019-20. #21-00514. Filed Sept. 15.

Cummins Inc. and Cummins Turbo Technologies Limited, challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its compressor (turbine) housings of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 8414.90.4165 qualify for Section 301 product exclusions under either secondary subheading 9903.88.14 or 9903.88.06. #21-00517. Filed Sept. 15.

Esquel Apparel Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming that its shirt entries were wrongfully excluded from entry due to forced labor concerns. #21-00518. Filed Sept. 16.

LG Electronics USA, Inc. and LG Electronics, Inc., challenging the International Trade Commission's decision to not fully grant the application for access to proprietary information under administrative protective order filed by counsel for LGE and LGEUS in the ITC's safeguard investigation into crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China. #21-00520. Filed Sept. 17.

List Industries, Inc., challenging the Commerce Department's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain metal lockers and parts thereof from China. #21-00521. Filed Sept. 17.

Another nine lawsuits were filed at the CIT during the week of Sept. 13-19 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

The following appeals of Court of International Trade decisions were filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit during the week of Sept. 13-19:

ABB Enterprise Software Inc., appealing a July 9 CIT decision sustaining the second remand results in the fourth administrative review of the antidumping duty order on large power transformers from South Korea. #21-2312. Filed Sept. 15.