The following lawsuits were filed recently at the Court of International Trade:

In its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on ferrosilicon from Kazakhstan, the Commerce Department didn't unlawfully "zero" part of an exporter's weighted average dumping margin, the U.S. said Feb. 9 (YDD Corporation v. United States, CIT # 25-00100).

The Court of International Trade on Feb. 11 granted exporter Pipe & Piling Supplies' motion for an injunction against the liquidation of its pipe entries pending its appeal of the Court of International Trade's dismissal of its case contesting the 2022-23 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on large diameter welded pipe from Canada.

Finished chassis imported by Pitts Enterprises and produced by a Vietnamese supplier, THACO, using components manufactured in China are within the scope of antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on chassis from China, the Commerce Department said in final remand results filed Feb. 10 with the Court of International Trade (Pitts Enterprises v. United States, CIT # 24-00030).

The following lawsuits were filed recently at the Court of International Trade:

The U.S. requested a voluntary remand at the Court of International Trade on Feb. 9 to allow the Commerce Department to “reconsider its finding that Nur was a cross-owned input supplier” in light of a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in a related case, according to a joint status report (Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret v. U.S., CIT #22-00149).

In a 61-page response to multiple parties, the U.S. supported Feb. 2 the Commerce Department’s calculation of the selling, general and administrative expenses of a Chinese-origin activated carbon review’s surrogate. It also said an exporter had tried to correct a reporting error too late in the review process (Ningxia Guanghua Cherishmet Activated Carbon Co. v. United States, CIT # 24-00262).

CBP's consideration of exporter Hoshine Silicon (Jia Xing) Industry's (Jiaxing Hoshine's) petition to be removed from a withhold release order on silica-based products made by its parent company, Hoshine Silicon, is likely to be completed by the end of the current stay period in Jiaxing Hoshine's case at the Court of International Trade. In a joint status report, the U.S. and Jiaxing Hoshine said a remand determination will be issued at the end of the stay period, which is set for Feb. 23 (Hoshine Silicon (Jia Xing) Industry v. United States, CIT # 24-00048).

The Court of International Trade erred in affirming the Commerce Department's use of a report from Colliers International rather than one from Cushman & Wakefield as the benchmark for valuing the rent-free use of land to respondent Kaptan's affiliate Nur, Kaptan argued in its opening brief at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Kaptan Demir v. United States, Fed. Cir. 26-1229).

The Court of International Trade on Feb. 3 entered default against importer Aspects Furniture International in a customs penalty suit originally brought against Aspects Furniture International, Aspects Furniture Manufacturing, Hospitality Engineering Services and an executive of all three companies, Amy Sivixay (see 2602030060). Deputy clerk Geoffrey Goell entered the default order for a cross-claim made by Sivixay, Aspects Furniture Manufacturing and Hospitality against Aspects Furniture International.