The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 29 - Jan. 4:
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Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
Antidumping and countervailing duty investigation on melamine from China and Trinidad and Tobago will continue, after the International Trade Commission voted that there is a "reasonable indication" U.S. industry is injured by the imports (here). The six ITC commissioners voted in the affirmative. The next step is the Commerce Department's preliminary CV duty determination on or about Feb. 5, and its AD determination on or about April 21. The ITC's public report in the case will be available after Jan. 27. Melamine is used to produce melamine-formaldehyde resins, which are used to make laminates, surface coatings, adhesives, molding compounds, paper treatments and other goods, said the ITC.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 15-21:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 8-14:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 1-7:
Commissioner Joseph Mohorovic vowed to find funding for the product safety component of the Trusted Trader program, at a Dec. 3 hearing on the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s fiscal year 2015 operating plan. The current draft of the operating plan (here) allocates no money for development the program, despite the need for further incentives to remedy a lack of participation from industry, according to agency officials. The commission is scheduled to vote on whether to adopt the plan on Dec. 12.
On Dec. 2 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
NEW YORK -- The Court of International Trade’s hazy jurisdiction over scope issues is one of the issues that is creating headaches for importers with products that are potentially subject to antidumping and countervailing duties, said CIT Judge Jane Restani at the Court of International Trade Judicial Conference on Dec. 1. An unclear dividing line between Commerce Department and CBP scope responsibilities means that importers that want to protect themselves have to take both routes, by filing a scope ruling request and a protest, in the hope of getting to court to challenge a finding their products are subject to AD/CV duties, said Restani.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Nov. 24-30:
NEW YORK -- A recent court decision on the individual liability of employees and corporate officers for their companies’ customs violations won’t result in an increase in penalty actions against middle managers and other “peripheral actors,” said Joshua Kurland, a Justice Department lawyer, during remarks at the Judicial Conference of the Court of International Trade on Dec. 1. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s September decision in U.S. v. Trek Leather merely confirmed an interpretation long held by the Justice Department and CBP on who can be held liable for customs violations, said Kurland. ”As far as we’re concerned it’s business as usual,” he said. “It’s unlikely to expect a significant change in practice as a result of the Trek Leather decision.”