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

The U.S. agreed to apply Section 301 China tariff exclusions to some of Samsonite's luggage imports, according to a stipulated judgment filed at the Court of International Trade on Feb. 9 (Samsonite v. United States, CIT # 24-00031).

The Court of International Trade should deny exporter Mobilier Rustique's bid for either a statutory or equitable injunction against the liquidation of its entries in a case on an expedited countervailing duty review, petitioner Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations argued in a Feb. 6 brief (Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber International Trade Investigations or Negotiations v. United States, CIT # 19-00122).

The Commerce Department was right to find that exporter Yantai Zhongzhen Trading Co. was government-controlled, the United States said Feb. 3 (Yantai Oriental Protein Tech Co. v. United States, CIT # 24-00181).

Number 2 pencils, drawing pencils and colored pencils manufactured in the Philippines by School Specialty using Chinese inputs “are within the scope of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain cased pencils from the People’s Republic of China,” the Commerce Department continued to find in its remand results filed on Feb. 6 with the Court of International Trade (School Specialty v. United States, CIT # 24-00098)

The Commerce Department correctly used neutral facts available instead of adverse facts available against Prinx Chengshan Tire (Thailand), and the company cooperated to the best of its ability to provide all information requested, the Thai exporter said in its response brief filed on Feb. 6 with the Court of International Trade in opposition to the United Steelworkers’ motion for judgment (United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO v. United States, CIT # 25-00004).

The Commerce Department properly decided not to use adverse facts available against antidumping duty respondent Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Company on remand in a case on the 2018-19 administrative review of the AD order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Thailand, the Court of International Trade held on Feb. 4. Judge Gary Katzmann rejected petitioner Wheatland Tube Company's argument that an intervening decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on the scope of the AD order impacts the court's previous decision rejecting the use of adverse facts available against Saha Thai. The previous decision was issued by former CIT Judge Stephen Vaden, after which the case was reassigned to Katzmann.

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.

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

The U.S. agreed to classify importer Outokumpu Stainless USA's steel imports as being of Mexican origin and liquidate the imports without Section 232 steel tariffs, according to a stipulated judgment filed at the Court of International Trade on Feb. 5 (Outokumpu Stainless USA v. United States, CIT # 25-00047).