Trade-Related Court Cases Filed July 22-28

July 30, 2024 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 22-28:

EP Steel America, Inc., challenging lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs on products from China. # 24-00123. Filed July 22.

Strategic Import Supply, challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming CBP assessed the wrong antidumping duty rate on its passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China. # 24-00124. Filed July 23.

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories, Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its N15 ammonium sulfate isotope shouldn't have been assessed antidumping and countervailing duties. # 24-00125. Filed July 23.

Catfish Farmers of America, America's Catch, Inc., Alabama Catfish, LLC, Consolidated Catfish Companies, LLC, Delta Pride Catfish, Inc., Guidry's Catfish, Inc., Heartland Catfish Company, Magnolia Processing, Inc. and Simmons Farm Raised Catfish, Inc., challenging the Commerce Department's final results in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on frozen fish fillets from Vietnam, covering entries in 2022-23. # 24-00126. Filed July 24.

Empire Jewelry Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its articles of jewelry of precious metal of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 7113.19.5090, dutiable at 5.5%, qualify for duty-free treatment under the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. # 24-00127. Filed July 26.

Pharmgate Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its chlortetracycline hydrochloride of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 2309.90.9500, dutiable at 1.4%, and secondary subheading 9903.88.03, subject to a 25% Section 301 duty, should be classified under subheading 2941.30.0000, free of duty. # 24-00128. Filed July 27.

Jinhe Biotechnology Co., Ltd., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its chlortetracycline hydrochloride of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 2309.90.9500, dutiable at 1.4%, and secondary subheading 9903.88.03, subject to a 25% Section 301 duty, should be classified under subheading 2941.30.0000, free of duty. # 24-00129. Filed July 28.

Appeals of CIT Decisions

No appeals of Court of International Trade decisions were filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit during the week of July 22-28.