In a complaint at the Court of International Trade, importer Kehoe Component Sales said its heating blanket controllers should be classified under subheading 9032.89.60, dutiable at 1.7%. CBP liquidated the entries under subheading 8537.10.9070, dutiable at 2.7%.
Jacob Kopnick
Jacob Kopnick, Associate Editor, is a reporter for Trade Law Daily and its sister publications Export Compliance Daily and International Trade Today. He joined the Warren Communications News team in early 2021 covering a wide range of topics including trade-related court cases and export issues in Europe and Asia. Jacob's background is in trade policy, having spent time with both CSIS and USTR researching international trade and its complexities. Jacob is a graduate of the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Public Policy.
The Court of International Trade sustained the Commerce Department's finding that Al Ghurair Iron & Steel (AGIS) circumvented the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from China via the United Arab Emirates, in a Sept. 24 ruling made public on Oct. 4.
Trade Court Backs ITC's No Domestic Industry Injury Finding From Fabricated Structural Steel Imports
The Court of International Trade sustained the International Trade Commission's finding that imports of fabricated structural steel (FSS) from Canada, Chile and Mexico did not harm the domestic industry, in a Sept. 22 opinion made public on Oct. 5.
Two Alaska shipping companies renewed their bid for an expedited temporary restraining order against CBP penalties for seafood shipments found to be in violation of the Jones Act, in an Oct. 1 motion at the Alaska U.S. District Court. The court recently denied the companies' bid for the TRO on the grounds that they had not properly satisfied all the conditions to qualify for an exception to the Jones Act, finding that if the conditions were not met, the companies were likely to fail on the merits of the case (see 2109290075).
The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
The Commerce Department properly hit antidumping respondent Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems Co. with adverse facts available for its failure to produce information on its cost shifting practice, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in an Oct. 4 opinion. Upholding a decision of the Court of International Trade, a three-judge panel at the appellate court agreed that Commerce's decision to cancel verification of Hyundai's information was properly supported.
The Court of International Trade should again reject the Commerce Department's determination on remand that the physical characteristics of outlets don't differ from butt-weld pipe fittings for antidumping duty scope purposes, Vandewater International said in Sept. 24 comments at the Court of International Trade (Vandewater International Inc., et al. v. United States, CIT #18-00199).
Shine Shipping and Shine International (Shine), companies that arrange for the shipment of goods with vessel operating carriers, were found not to be directly liable for the shipment of counterfeit Nike footwear by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, in a Sept. 30 opinion (Nike, Inc. v. B&H Customs Services, Inc., et al., S.D.N.Y. #20-01214).
The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
The Court of International Trade granted the Commerce Department's request for a voluntary remand in a case over an error the agency made in its liquidation instructions following an antidumping review. Chief Judge Mark Barnett gave the court until Oct. 15 to submit the results of its redetermination (Optima Steel International, LLC, et al. v. U.S., CIT #21-00327).