Trade-Related Court Cases Filed Sept. 18-24

September 27, 2023 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 18-24:

Risen Solar Technology Sdn. Bhd., challenging the Commerce Department's final scope and anti-circumvention determinations regarding the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China. #23-00194. Filed Sept. 18.

Canadian Solar International Limited, challenging Commerce's final scope and anti-circumvention determinations regarding the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China. #23-00195. Filed Sept. 18.

Trina Solar Science & Technology (Thailand) Ltd., challenging Commerce's final scope and anti-circumvention determinations regarding the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China. #23-00196. Filed Sept. 18.

Trina Solar (Vietnam) Science & Technology Co., Ltd., Trina Solar Energy Development Company Limited, and Trina Solar Co., Ltd., challenging Commerce's final scope and anti-circumvention determinations regarding the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China. #23-00197. Filed Sept. 18.

Red Sun Energy Long An Company Limited, challenging Commerce's final scope and anti-circumvention determinations regarding the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China. #23-00198. Filed Sept. 18.

Lin Engineering, Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its electric motors of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings 8501.10.6080 and 8501.31.4000, dutiable at 2.8% and 4%, respectively, and secondary subheading 9903.88.02, should be classified under secondary subheading 9903.88.67, free from the 25% Section 301 tariffs. #23-00199. Filed Sept. 19.

HH Associates US Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its glassware of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 7013.37.2090, dutiable at 22.5%, should be classified under subheading 7013.37.2090, free of duty. #23-00200. Filed Sept. 19.

United States, seeking a $3,381,607.03 penalty against importer Rayson Global and its owner, Doris Cheng, for avoiding antidumping and Section 301 duties on uncovered mattress innersprings from China. #23-00201. Filed Sept. 22.

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. 18-24:

Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd. and Carbon Activated Corporation, challenging a July CIT opinion upholding the Commerce Department's 13th review of the antidumping duty order on activated carbon from China. #23-2413. Opened Sept. 22.