Trade-Related Court Cases Filed May 18-24

May 26, 2020 |Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 18-24:

Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co., Ltd., challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on large power transformers from South Korea entered in 2017-18. #20-00108. Filed May 18.

Dalian Meisen Woodworking Co., Ltd., challenging Commerce’s final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on wooden cabinets and vanities from China. #20-00109. Filed May 19.

Dalian Meisen Woodworking Co., Ltd., challenging Commerce’s final determination in the countervailing duty investigation on wooden cabinets and vanities from China. #20-00110. Filed May 19.

Shanxi Pioneer Hardware Industrial Co., Ltd., challenging Commerce’s final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from China entered in 2017-18. #20-00111. Filed May 21.

Sea Shepherd New Zealand and Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, seeking a Marine Mammal Protection Act ban on imports of fish and fishery products from New Zealand caught using techniques that allegedly have caused the near extinction of the Maui dolphin (see 2005220048). #20-00112. Filed May 21.

Cooper (Kunshan) Tire Co., Ltd. and Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, challenging Commerce’s final results of the countervailing duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China entered in 2017. #20-00113. Filed May 21.

The Ancientree Cabinet Co., Ltd., challenging Commerce’s final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on wooden cabinets and vanities from China. #20-00114. Filed May 21.

Pirelli Tyre Co., Ltd., challenging Commerce’s final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China entered in 2017-18. #20-00115. Filed May 21.

Building Material Distributors, Inc., challenging Commerce’s final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on steel nails from China entered in 2017-18. #20-00116. Filed May 21.

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 May 18-24:

TR International Trading Company, Inc., appealing a March 16 CIT decision that found it must challenge antidumping and countervailing duties on citric acid from China that CBP assessed on its imports from India by way of a protest or a scope ruling, and can’t directly file a lawsuit alleging CBP did not follow the proper procedures in determining dutiability. #20-1830. Opened May 22.