Shrimp Petitioners File Joint Reply to Motion for Judgment After First Replies Struck
After their previous Dec. 12 reply briefs were struck, petitioners American Shrimp Processors Associations and Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committee jointly opposed the motions for judgment filed by shrimp exporters from Ecuador, India and Vietnam challenging an International Trade Commission injury finding (Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila v. United States, CIT # 25-00029; Seafood Exporters Association of India v. United States, CIT # 25-00031; Shrimp Committee of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers v. United States, CIT # 25-00032).
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The trade court said it “reluctantly” struck the previous briefing because it had ordered the two petitioners to file jointly.
In their joint brief, the petitioners restated their prior arguments (see 2512120038). They argued that the ITC was right to determine that frozen raw and frozen cooked shrimp were the same domestic like product and that the commission’s volume and price impact analyses were reasonable and based on substantial evidence.