Trade-Related Court Cases Filed Sept. 20-26

September 28, 2021 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 20-26:

Yeti Coolers, LLC, challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its plastic lids for vacuum-sealed drinkware of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 3923.50.0000 are properly classified under subheading 9617.00.6000. #21-00526. Filed Sept. 20.

Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S., challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled steel flat products from Turkey covering entries from 2018 to 2019. #21-00527. Filed Sept. 20.

United States Steel Corporation, challenging the Commerce Department's final results in the third administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled steel flat products from Australia. #21-00528. Filed Sept. 20.

Hangzhou Xline Machinery & Equipment Co., Ltd., challenging Commerce's final results of the countervailing duty investigation into certain metal lockers and parts thereof from China. #21-00529. Filed Sept. 20.

Interpipe Ukraine LLC and North American Interpipe, Inc., challenging Commerce's final results in the antidumping duty investigation into seamless carbon and alloy steel standard line and pressure pipe from Ukraine. #21-00530. Filed Sept. 21.

PAO TMK, challenging Commerce's final results in the countervailing duty investigation into seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line and pressure pipe from Russia. #21-00531. Filed Sept. 21.

Nippon Steel Corporation, challenging Commerce's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hot-rolled steel flat products from Japan covering entries in 2018-2019. #21-00533. Filed Sept. 21.

PAO TMK, challenging the Commerce Department's final results in the antidumping duty investigation into seamless carbon and alloy steel standard, line, and pressure pipe from Russia. #21-00534. Filed Sept. 21.

Midwest Fastener Corp., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its strike pin anchors should not have been assessed AD/CV duties under the order covering threaded steel rods. #21-00535. Filed Sept. 22.

Hyundai Steel Company, challenging Commerce's final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on hot-rolled steel flat products from South Korea covering entries during 2018. #21-00536. Filed Sept. 22.

Rimco, Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming that antidumping and countervailing duties imposed on its steel wheels measuring 22.5" to 24.5" in diameter qualify as excessive fines in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. #21-00537. Filed Sept. 22.

Wuxi Tianran Photovoltaic Co., Ltd., challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on crystaline silicon photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled into modules, from China, covering entries in 2018. #21-00538. Filed Sept. 23.

Chandan Steel Limited, challenging the Commerce Department's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel flanges from India covering entries in 2018-19. #21-00540. Filed Sept. 24.

Echjay Forgings Private Limited, Hilton Metal Forging Limited, Jai Auto Pvt. Ltd., Goodluck India Limited, Jay Jagdamba Forgings Private Limited, Jay Jagdamba Limited, Jay Jagdamba Profile Private Limited, Shree Jay Jagdamba Flanges Pvt. Ltd., Balkrishna Steel Forge Pvt. Ltd, Pradeep Metals Limited and Bebitz Flanges Works Private Limited, challenging Commerce's final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel flanges from India covering entries in 2018-19. #21-00542. Filed Sept. 24.

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 Sept. 20-26.