Importer Drops CIT Case on Circumvention Finding Covering Korean, Thai Aluminum Foil

Importer Hanon Systems Alabama dismissed at the Court of International Trade on Jan. 22 its lawsuit challenging the Commerce Department's finding that it's circumventing the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum foil from China by way of South Korea and Thailand (Hanon Systems Alabama Corp. v. United States, CIT # 23-00269).

Hanon filed its complaint just three days before filing the notice of dismissal, arguing in the document that Commerce failed to consider evidence showing that the nature of the production process in South Korea and Thailand leads to a complete transformation of the properties of the product (see 2401230041). The company also said the agency erred in assessing the trade patterns and level of investment in the two nations and the extent of the production facilities in South Korea.

Counsel for Hanon didn't respond to a request for comment.