Trade-Related Court Cases Filed Dec. 4-24

December 27, 2023 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Dec. 4-10, 11-17 and 18-24.

Aluminum Association Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet Trade Enforcement Working Group and its Individual Members, Arconic Corporation; Commonwealth Rolled Products Inc.; Constellium Rolled Products Ravneswood, LLC; JW Aluminum Company; Novelis Corporation; and Texarkana Aluminum, Inc., challenging the Commerce Department's first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on common alloy aluminum sheet from Turkey, covering entries in 2020-22. # 23-00251. Filed Dec. 4.

Plus Distribution Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest on whether the price paid or payable for its atomizer devices is the correct basis of appraisement. # 23-00252. Filed Dec. 4.

Vanguard Trading Company LLC, challenging CBP's finding that Vanguard evaded the antidumping duties on quartz surface products from China. # 23-00253. Filed Dec. 4.

Joint Stock Company Apatit, challenging Commerce's final determination in the countervailing duty investigation on phosphate fertilizers from Russia. # 23-00254. Filed Dec. 4.

M.A. Mortenson Company, challenging lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs on products from China. #23-00255. Filed Dec. 4.

SeAH Steel VINA Corp., challenging Commerce's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from South Korea, Vietnam and China. # 23-00256, -00257 and -00258. Filed Dec. 6.

Compania Valenciana de Aluminio Baux, S.L.U. and Bancolor Baux, S.L.U., challenging Commerce's final results in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on common alloy aluminum sheet from Spain, covering entries in 2020-22. # 23-00259. Filed Dec. 6.

Hindalco Industries Limited, challenging Commerce's final results of the countervailing duty order on common alloy aluminum sheet from India, covering entries in 2020-21. # 23-00260. Filed Dec. 6.

OCP S.A., challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco, covering entries in 2020-21. # 23-00261. Filed Dec. 7.

The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd., challenging Commerce's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from China, covering entries in 2021-22. # 23-00262. Filed Dec. 7.

Kumar Industries, challenging Commerce's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on glycine from India, covering entries in 2021-21. # 23-00263. Filed Dec. 7.

Jiangsu Dingsheng New Materials Joint-Stock Co, Ltd.; Dingsheng Aluminium Industries (Hong Kong) Trading Co., Limited (Dingsheng Aluminium Industries (Hong Kong) Trading Co., Ltd.); Hangzhou Dingshen Import & Export Co., Ltd. (Hangzhou Dingsheng Import and Export Co., Ltd); Hangzhou Five Star Aluminum Co., Ltd.; Hangzhou Teemful Aluminum Co., Ltd; Inner Mongolia Liansheng New Energy Material Co., Ltd.; and Inner Mongolia Xinxing New Energy Material Co., Ltd., challenging Commerce's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on aluminum foil from China, covering entries in 2021-22. # 23-00264. Filed Dec. 7.

Teknik Aluminyum Sanayi A.S., challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on common alloy aluminum sheet from Turkey, covering entries in 2020-22. # 23-00265. Filed Dec. 13.

Carbon Activated Tianjin Co., Ltd. and Carbon Activated Corp., challenging Commerce's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on activated carbon from China, covering entries in 2021-22. # 23-00266. Filed Dec. 13.

Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon Co., Ltd. and Datong Juqiang Activated Carbon USA, LLC, challenging Commerce's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on activated carbon from China, covering entries in 2021-22. # 23-00267. Filed Dec. 13.

Amsted Rail Company, Inc. and ASF-K de Mexico S. de R.L. de C.V., challenging the International Trade Commission's final affirmative injury determination on freight rail couplers and parts thereof from Mexico. # 23-00268. Filed Dec. 15.

Hanon Systems Alabama Corp., challenging Commerce's final circumvention determinations of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum foil from China with respect to South Korea and Thailand. # 23-00269. Filed Dec. 20.

U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, challenging the International Trade Commission's final determinations in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. # 23-00270. Filed Dec. 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 weeks of Dec. 4-10, 11-17 and 18-24:

Ilsenburger Grobblech GmbH, Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH, Salzgitter Mannesmann Grobblech GmbH and Salzgitter Mannesmann International GmbH, challenging a November CIT decision sustaining the use of adverse facts available against Salzgitter's sales for which the company couldn't identify or report the manufacturer in the antidumping duty investigation on cut-to-length carbon and alloy steel plate from Germany. # 24-1219. Opened Dec. 4.

Daikin America, Inc., appealing an October CIT decision sustaining the Commerce Department's countervailing duty investigation on granular polytetrafluorethylene resin from India. # 24-1268. Opened Dec. 18.