The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 29 - Sept. 4:
The Court of International Trade on Aug. 26 affirmed (here) a recent decision by the Commerce Department that an assembled kitchen appliance door handle imported by Whirlpool is not subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusions from China. Commerce’s redetermination, made “under protest,” comes in the wake of a CIT decision that aluminum extrusions that have undergone assembly operations are not subject to AD/CV duties (see 1602020072). Commerce had originally found the appliance door handle, consisting of a single aluminum extrusion with two plastic end caps, did not qualify for the “finished merchandise” exemption because that exemption excludes fasteners (see 14080602).
A Maine importer faces up to $1.25 million in fines and forfeitures after pleading guilty to Lacey Act violations related to seafood it imported from Canada, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maine said (here). ISF Trading bought sea urchins from a Canadian supplier, TGK Fisheries of Grand Manan, that wasn’t authorized to export to the U.S., then brought them across the border under the false label of a different Canadian company, Matthews Seafood, that was allowed to export, the U.S. attorney’s office said. ISF also faces up to five years of probation.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 22-28:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 15-21:
A Chicago-based customs broker faces a lawsuit in federal court filed by a client seeking to recover millions of dollars in antidumping and countervailing duties that the client claims should have been refunded by the broker. Union Pacific filed suit in Northern Illinois U.S. District Court on Aug. 15, alleging Pactrans failed to pass along $5.8 million in AD/CV duty refunds paid by CBP after an AD/CV duty investigation was terminated with no duties imposed. Union Pacific also claims Pactrans failed to pay two months’ worth of AD/CV duties, costing it thousands of dollars more in penalties.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 8-14:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Aug. 1-7:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 25-31:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of July 18-24: