The following trade-related lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:
An exporter Jan. 26 asked the Court of International Trade to review the Commerce Department’s rejection of a scope ruling application that the agency said was duplicative (Deer Park Glycine, LLC v. U.S., CIT # 24-00016).
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 26 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Thailand (A-549-842). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Jan. 6, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
A domestic producer coalition seeks the imposition of new antidumping duties on paper plates from China, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as new countervailing duties on paper plates from China and Vietnam, it said in petitions filed with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission Jan. 24. Commerce will now decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. The American Paper Plate Coalition, consisting of AJM Packaging, Aspen Products, Dart Container, Hoffmaster Group, Huhtamaki Americas and Unique Industries, filed the petition.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Jan. 26 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A model of spare light truck tires imported from Thailand by Cheng Shin Rubber USA is not covered by an antidumping duty order on Thai light truck tires, Commerce said in a Jan. 18 scope ruling. The products were for temporary use only, and temporary tires are excluded from the order, it said.
Four Democratic lawmakers, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, sent Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo a series of recommendations for strengthening firearms export controls, Warren’s office said Jan. 24.
The Commerce Department has issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on mattresses from Thailand (A-549-841). The agency preliminarily said the only company under review, Saffron Living Co., Ltd., made sales of subject merchandise to the U.S. at less than fair value during the period under review, and assigned it an AD rate of 763.28%. If Commerce's finding for Saffron is continued in the final results, the agency will assign a 763.28% cash deposit rate to Saffron. Subject merchandise from Saffron entered May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023, would be liquidated at importer-specific rates. Commerce will make its final decision when it issues the final results of this review, currently due in May.
A model of spare light truck tires imported from Thailand by Cheng Shin Rubber USA is not covered by an antidumping duty order on Thai light truck tires, Commerce said in a Jan. 18 scope ruling. The products were for temporary use only, and temporary tires are excluded from the order, it said.