The Commerce Department's remand results correctly complied with the remand order issued by the Court of International Trade, plywood exporter Interglobal Forest said in its Aug. 14 reply. On remand, Commerce concluded that hardwood plywood made using two-ply panels imported into Vietnam from China before being reexported to the U.S. by the Vietnam Finewood Company Ltd. were outside the scope of antidumping and countervailing duty orders on hardwood plywood from China (Far East American v. U.S., CIT Consol. # 22-00049).
The Commerce Department is set to lower Hyundai Steel Co.'s dumping margin from 19.54% to 9.63% in the 2019-2020 antidumping duty administrative review on certain oil country tubular goods from South Korea, in remand results released Aug. 16. Commerce said that it reconsidered and changed the methodology by which it calculated the constructed export price (CEP) profit for Hyundai but did not change the calculation of the constructed value (CV) profit and selling expenses and CV profit cap (Hyundai Steel Co., et al. v. U.S., CIT # 22-00138).
The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
The U.S. urged the Court of International Trade to uphold the Commerce Department's remand results in which it found that Vietnam Finewood Co.'s hardwood plywood made using two-ply panels imported to Vietnam from China is not subject to the scope of the AD/CVD orders on hardwood plywood from China. Submitting remand comments to the court, the agency said that since no party contests the remand results, the court should uphold them (Far East American v. United States, CIT Consol. # 22-00049).
Parties in a customs suit filed by Alpinestars concerning its wearing apparel and accessories are still hoping to settle the matter via stipulation, according to a status report. Alpinestars' case bears the same valuation issue as 40 other cases all filed by the same company, the report said. The importer said that in June 2022, the U.S. requested "additional records on selected entries covering all pending cases." Alpinestar is in the process of obtaining these documents, the report said (Alpinestars v. United States, CIT # 11-00007).
The Court of International Trade should deny a government motion to amend a complaint and toss the action with respect to a single entry, American Home Assurance Company (AHAC) said in an Aug. 14 motion. DOJ is seeking antidumping duties and interest on eight single transaction bonds issued over 20 years ago (U.S. v. American Home Assurance Co., CIT # 20-00175).
The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
The Court of International Trade issued an order last week halting liquidation of imported wooden cabinets and vanities from China that were the subject of an Enforce and Protect Act investigation into possible evasion by importer Scioto Valley Woodworking (American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance v. U.S., CIT # 23-00140).
The U.S. asked for another 60 days to file its reply brief in the massive Section 301 litigation at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The government said the present suit is a test case for over 4,100 similar cases and an extension would allow DOJ more time to confer with all the federal agencies involved in the case (HMTX Industries v. U.S., Fed. Cir. # 23-1891).
Conservation groups Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity took to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to ask the Department of Energy to reverse its approval of exports to be shipped from the Alaska liquefied natural gas project. The decision, which approves LNG shipments from Alaska's North Slope to Asia, failed to fully assess the project's "climate and environmental harms," the center said in a press release.