Trade-Related Court Cases Filed Dec. 30 - Jan. 12
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Dec. 30 - Jan. 5 and Jan. 6-12:
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Deer Park Glycine, LLC, challenging the Commerce Department's final results in the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on glycine from India, covering entries in 2022. # 24-00268. Filed Dec. 30.
U.S. Aluminum Extruders Coalition and United Steelworkers, challenging the International Trade Commission's negative injury determination on aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. # 25-00001. Filed Jan. 3.
Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd., challenging the Commerce Department's final results in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from China, covering entries in 2022-23. # 25-00002. Filed Jan. 6.
GoLabs, Inc. d/b/a GOTRAX, challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its toy hoverboards of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 8711.60.0050, free of duty, and secondary subheading 9903.88.02, with a 25% Section 301 duty, should be classified under subheading 9503.00.0090, free of duty, and secondary subheading 9903.88.17, free of duty. # 25-00003. Filed Jan. 8.
Cornerstone Chemical Co., challenging the Commerce Department's final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on melamine from Qatar. # 25-00005. Filed Jan. 8.
Geoffrey Wattiker, challenging CBP's denial of his claim that his motor vehicles classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule heading 8704, dutiable at 25%, should be classified under heading 8703, dutiable at 2.5%. # 25-00006. Filed Jan. 7.
Cyber Power Systems (USA), Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its uninterruptible power supply of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 8504.40.9540 and secondary subheading 9903.88.03, with a 25% Section 301 duty, and surge voltage protectors of subheading 8537.10.90 and secondary subheading 9903.88.03, with a 25% Section 301 duty, should be classified under subheadings 8504.40.70 and 8537.10.90, respectively. # 25-00007. Filed Jan. 8.
Five Star Supplies Corp., challenging lists 3 and 4A Section 301 tariffs on products from China. # 25-00008. Filed Jan. 9.
Amazon.com Services LLC, challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its video doorbell cameras of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheadings 8525.80.3010 and 8525.89.3000, free of duty, and secondary subheading 9903.88.03, subject to a 25% Section 301 duty, should be classified under subheadings 8525.80.4000 and 8525.89.4000, free of duty, and secondary subheading 9903.88.15, with a 7.5% additional duty. #s 25-00009, -00010, -00011, -00012, -00013, -00014, -00015, -00016. Filed Jan. 10.
Lin Engineering, Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its electric stepper motors are eligible for a Section 301 tariff exclusion. # 25-00017. Filed Jan. 11.
Appeals of CIT Decisions
The following appeals of Court of International Trade decisions were filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit during the weeks of Dec. 30 - Jan. 5 and Jan. 6-12:
Ildico Inc., challenging a November CIT decision siding with the government's tariff classification of the company's luxury watches. # 25-1337. Opened Jan. 2.