Trade-Related Court Cases Filed for Week of Sept. 28 - Oct. 4
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Sept. 28 - Oct. 4:
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Arbed Americas challenging the assessment of antidumping duties on its entries of stainless steel plate in coils. CBP assessed AD duties at 24.43%. Arbed says they should have been assessed "as entered" at 9.86%. #15-00265. Filed Oct. 2.
Gordon Companies on the classification of LED lights. CBP classified the merchandise under subheading 9405.30.0010 (8%) and 9405.40.8000 (3.9%). Gordon says it should have instead been classified under subheading 8543.70.7000 (2%) or 9505.10.2500 (free). #15-00270. Filed Sept. 28.
Art LLC challenging CBP's exclusion of an entry of ink cartridges. After the merchandise was deemed excluded, Art LLC protested and requested accelerated disposition. The protest was deemed denied, and Art LLC says CBP has not provided a valid justification for the exclusion. #15-00271. Filed Sept. 29.
Hartford Fire Insurance challenging CBP claims on bonds covering entries of honey. Hartford says the bonds should be canceled because they contained errors. #15-00272-73. Filed Sept. 30 and Oct. 1.
​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 Sept. 28 - Oct. 4:
Apex Frozen Foods Private Limited; Asvini Fisheries Private Limited; Avanti Feeds Limited; Blue Park Seafoods Private Limited; Devi Marine Food Exports Private Ltd.; Kader Exports Private Limited; Kader Investment and Company Private Limited; Liberty Frozen Foods Pvt. Ltd.; Liberty Oil Mills Ltd.; Premier Marine Trading Products; Universal Cold Storage Private Limited; Five Star Marine Exports Private Limited; GVR Exports Private Limited; Jagadish Marine Exports; Jayalakshmi Sea Foods Private Limited; Nekkanti Seafoods Limited; Sagar Grandhi Exports Private Limited; SAI Marine Exports Private Limited; SAI Sea Foods; Sandhya Marines Limited; Sprint Exports Private Limited; Star Agro Marine Exports Private Limited; Surya Mitra Exim Private Limited; and Wellcome Fisheries Limited appealing a CIT decision in August that upheld an antidumping duty administrative review on frozen warmwater shrimp from India. #15-2085. Dated Sept. 29.