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CIT Senior Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas Dies
March 23, 2018 |Penalties and Courts

Court of International Trade Senior Judge Nicholas Tsoucalas died on March 22. Tsoucalas, 91, served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War and subsequently entered legal practice. His appointment to be a criminal court judge for the City of New York in 1968 began his 50-year career as a judge. President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the Court of International Trade in 1986. He retired from the court and assumed senior status in 2016.

Topics:Court of International Trade
Perforating Gun Tubing Covered by AD/CV Duties on OCTG From China, CIT Says
March 20, 2018 |Penalties and Courts

The Court of International Trade on March 16 sustained a Commerce Department scope ruling that found tubing imported by DynaEnergetics for use in perforating gun carriers in oil wells is subject to antidumping and countervailing duties on oil country tubular goods from China (see 1603040035). DynaEnergetics had argued an earlier version of the scope included in the original China OCTG petition said duties should “only” cover casing, tubing and coupling stock, and not perforated gun carrier tubing. But the scope adopted by Commerce since it began the AD/CV duty investigations omits the word “only,” so it also covers other tubular goods used in oil wells, CIT said. The gun carrier tubing is a tubular steel product used in oil and gas wells, and is covered by the scope of the AD/CV duty orders, CIT said.

Topics:Court of International Trade
Agricultural Training Stakes Covered by AD Duties on Chinese Rebar, CIT Confirms
March 13, 2018 |Penalties and Courts

Agricultural “training stakes” made from rebar are subject to antidumping duties on steel concrete reinforcing bar from China, the Court of International Trade said in a March 9 decision. Sustaining a scope ruling issued by the Commerce Department in 2016, the court also agreed with Commerce’s instructions that CBP “continue” to suspend liquidation of the training stakes, rather than require payment of AD duties only on entries after the scope ruling.

Topics:Court of International Trade
CIT Says Importer Owes Nearly $3 Million in Penalties Despite Bankruptcy Filing
March 9, 2018 |Penalties and Courts

The Court of International Trade granted a motion for default judgment against a food importer, Rupari Food Services, and said the company owes "$2,784,636.18, plus post-judgment interest," in a March 9 opinion. That amount is based on the CBP penalty claim against the importer prior to Rupari filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The decision follows another CIT decision in the same case that said bankruptcy protections don't apply to Section 592 penalty cases (see 1708110027).

Topics:Court of International Trade