CIT Enters Judgment for Importer After CBP Reverses Liquidation Status of Lumber Entries

The Court of International Trade on May 3 entered judgment for importer Fraserview Remanufacturing after CBP corrected the liquidation status of the company's entries. In January, the trade court said Fraserview didn't need a protest to file suit at the court for entries that were erroneously deemed liquidated while liquidation was suspended (see 2401250039) (Fraserview Remanufacturing v. U.S., CIT # 22-00244).

At issue were 80 entries of Canadian softwood lumber subject to the first administrative review of the current antidumping and countervailing duty orders on softwood lumber from Canada. The Commerce Department suspended liquidation while the reviews proceeded, but CBP issued notices of deemed liquidation in error.

The court said the entries were never liquidated because an entry is deemed liquidated when Commerce removes suspension of liquidation. CBP was ordered to correct the liquidation status of the entries. Last month, the agency told the court it reverted the liquidation status of the entries to "suspended status."