Trade-Related Court Cases Filed Aug. 3-9

August 11, 2020 |Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 3-9:

Al Ghurair Iron & Steel LLC, challenging the Commerce Department’s determination that imports from the United Arab Emirates are circumventing antidumping and countervailing duties on corrosion-resistant steel products from China (see 2007100018). #20-00142. Filed Aug. 5.

Liberty Woods International, Inc., challenging CBP's liquidation of its entries subject to a pending scope inquiry and Enforce and Protect Act investigation (see 2007310052). #20-00143. Filed Aug. 5.

ARP Materials, seeking refunds of Section 301 tariffs pursuant to exclusions that were issued by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative after the periods for liquidation and protest lapsed for its entries (see 2007270051). #20-00144. Filed Aug. 5.

Borusan Mannesmann, seeking refunds of Section 301 tariffs pursuant to exclusions that were issued by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative after the periods for liquidation and protest lapsed for its entries. #20-00145. Filed Aug. 6.

HiSteel Co., Ltd. and Kukje Steel Co., Ltd., challenging Commerce's final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on heavy-walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from South Korea entered in 2017-18. #20-00146. Filed Aug. 7.

Harrison Steel Castings Company, seeking refunds of Section 301 tariffs pursuant to exclusions that were issued by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative after the periods for liquidation and protest lapsed for its entries. #20-00147. Filed Aug. 7.

Jaramillo Spices, challenging CBP's demand for redelivery of its imported tamarind. #20-00148. Filed Aug. 7.

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. 3-9:

ABB, appealing a May 26 CIT decision that sustained a redetermination of the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review on large power transformers from South Korea. #20-2114. Opened Aug. 3.

Luoyang Bearing, appealing a June 1 CIT decision that sustained the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on tapered roller bearings from China. #20-2121. Opened Aug. 4.

U.S. government, appealing a May 27 CIT decision that left in place an injunction barring termination of an exemption from solar safeguard duties for bifacial solar panels. #20-2130. Opened Aug. 5.