Trade-Related Court Cases Filed March 25 - April 7

April 9, 2024 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of March 25-31 and April 1-7:

Sahamitr Pressure Container Plc., challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel propane cylinders from Thailand, covering entries in 2021-22. # 24-00064. Filed March 25.

Innolux Corp., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its LCD monitors used in automobiles of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 9013.80.9000, dutiable at 4.5%, should be classified under subheadings 8531.20.0020, 8528.59.2500 or 9013.80.7000, free of duty. # 24-00065. Filed March 26.

United States, challenging E-Dong, U.S.A., Inc.'s failure to pay federal excise tax on entries of Korean rice wine entered under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 2206.00.4500. # 24-00066. Filed March 28.

Thyssenkrupp Rasselstein GmbH, challenging the Commerce Department's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on tin mill products from Germany. # 24-00067. Filed March 29.

Home Depot USA Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its pop-up canopies of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 6307.90.9889, dutiable at 7%, should be classified under either subheading 7308.90.9590 or 7326.90.8588, free of duty. # 24-00068. Filed March 29.

Luscious Seafood LLC, challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam, covering entries in 2021-22. # 24-00069. Filed April 1.

Arkema, Inc.; The Chemours Company FC, LLC; Honeywell International Inc.; Mexichem Fluor Inc.; and The American HFC Coalition, challenging the Commerce Department's final results in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hydrofluorocarbon blends from China, covering entries in 2021-22. # 24-00071. Filed April 5.

Wind Tower Trade Coalition, challenging Commerce's final results in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on utility scale wind towers from South Korea, covering entries in 2021-22. # 24-00072. Filed April 5.

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 March 25-31 and April 1-7:

Industrial Group Phosphorite, LLC; PhosAgro PJSC; and JSC Apatit, challenging a January Court of International Trade decision sustaining the Commerce Department's remand results in the countervailing duty investigation on phosphate fertilizers from Russia. # 24-1593, -1595. Opened March 25.