Trade-Related Court Cases Filed Aug. 12-18

August 21, 2024 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 12-18:

Pay Less Here, LLC, challenging the International Trade Commission's final affirmative determination of critical circumstances as implemented in the antidumping duty order on mattresses from Burma. # 24-00152. Filed Aug. 12.

BASF Corp., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its retistar and retinol products of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 3824.99.92 or 3824.99.93, dutiable at 5%, should be classified under HTS subheading 2936.21.0000, free of duty. # 24-00153. Filed Aug. 14.

Josam Industries, LLC, challenging lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs on products from China. # 24-00154. Filed Aug. 15.

ACProducts, Inc.; ACPI Wood Products, LLC; Cabinetworks Group Michigan, LLC; Cabinetworks Group Middlefield, LLC; Master Woodcraft Cabinetry, L.L.C.; and Smart, LLC, challenging the Commerce Department's final scope ruling on wooden cabinets and vanities and parts thereof from China further processed in Malaysia. # 24-00155. Filed Aug. 16.

Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags, challenging Commerce's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on paper shopping bags from Colombia. # 24-00157. Filed Aug. 16.

Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags, challenging Commerce's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on paper shopping bags from Portugal. # 24-00158. Filed Aug. 16.

Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags, challenging Commerce's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on paper shopping bags from Taiwan. # 24-00159. Filed Aug. 16.

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 week of Aug. 12-18:

Phoenix Metal Co., Ltd., challenging a June Court of International Trade decision sustaining CBP's final affirmative finding that Phoenix evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on cast iron soil pipe from China via transshipping through Cambodia. # 24-2222. Opened Aug. 15.