In a statement of issues filed Nov. 24, petitioners Catfish Farmers of America again said their most recent case (see 2508200051) challenges the zero percent antidumping duty rate applied to all 2022-23 Vietnamese frozen fish fillet administrative review respondents (Catfish Farmers of America v. United States, CIT # 25-00156).
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 28 on AD/CVD proceedings:
Petitioner Magneisa Carbon Bricks Fair Trade Committee on Nov. 26 further supported its motion to have the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit expedite its appeal of a scope ruling involving the antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders on magnesia carbon bricks from China. The petitioner said the U.S. industry faces "severe competitive harm" from entries of the bricks at issue, and expedition is required to "limit foreign importers’ ability to flood the market with refractory bricks at unfairly traded (and injurious) prices" (Fedmet Resources v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 26-1160).
CBP's regulations regarding the notice provided to importers subject to Enforce and Protect Act investigations and when CBP must initiate those investigations violated an importer's due process rights, the Court of International Trade held on Nov. 26.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Nov. 25 opened a solicitation for applications to join the roster of individuals that may serve on binational dispute panels set up under USMCA.
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 26 on AD/CVD proceedings:
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The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices Nov. 25 on AD/CVD proceedings:
The U.S. asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Nov. 21 for a voluntary remand in a case involving a challenge to the Commerce Department's use of the Cohen's d test in light of the CAFC's decision in Marmen v. U.S., invalidating the agency's approach to the test. The government asked that oral argument in the case, which is currently set for Dec. 1, be canceled (Mid Continent Steel & Wire v. United States, Fed. Cir. # 24-1556).
The Commerce Department permissibly changed its reason for using partial adverse facts available against antidumping duty respondent Saha Thai on remand in the 2020-21 administrative review of the AD order on Thai steel pipes and tubes, the U.S. told the Court of International trade on Nov. 24. The government said Commerce complied with the basic tenets of administrative law by taking new agency action on remand, adding that the agency properly applied partial AFA to find Saha Thai is affiliated with BNK Steel Co., a home market customer (Saha Thai Steel Pipe Public Company v. United States, CIT # 21-00627).