The decisions of the Court of International Trade (CIT) and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) for December 1-15, 2009 involved antidumping or countervailing duty law are summarized as follows:
Court of International Trade
The United States Court of International Trade is a federal court which has national jurisdiction over civil actions regarding the customs and international trade laws of the United States. The Court was established under Article III of the Constitution by the Customs Courts Act of 1980. The Court consists of nine judges appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is located in New York City. The Court has jurisdiction throughout the United States and has exclusive jurisdictional authority to decide civil action pertaining to international trade against the United States or entities representing the United States.
In StoreWall, LLC,, v U.S., the United States Court of International Trade ruled that certain wall panels and locator tabs manufactured in Taiwan are prima facie classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 3926.90.98 as "Other articles of Plastics" at 5.3 percent and not under subheading 9403.70.80 or 9403.90.50 as "Other Furniture of Plastic and parts" at a free rate of duty.
In Delphi Petroleum, Inc., v U.S., the Court of International Trade ruled that Delphi's delayed drawback claims filing were permitted under 19 USC 1313(r)(1), because a Customs official was responsible for the delay in filing.
On June 16, 2009, the Court of International Trade ruled in Gilda Industries, Inc. vs. U.S., that the authority for the collection of the 100% beef hormone duties imposed on certain products from the European Union expired on July 29, 2007, when the domestic beef industry failed to timely file a request with the government to continue the duties.
The following determinations of the Court of International Trade in November 2009 involved antidumping or countervailing duty law.
The following were among determinations of the Court of International Trade in cases involving antidumping or countervailing duty law in October 2009.
The following were among determinations of the Court of International Trade in cases involving antidumping or countervailing duty law in the period July 1-September 30, 2009. (This is the last part of a three-part series on the third quarter.)
The following were among determinations of the Court of International Trade in cases involving antidumping or countervailing duty law in the period July 1-September 30, 2009. (See future issues of ITT for BP summaries of additional CIT decisions in the third quarter.)
The following were among determinations of the Court of International Trade in cases involving antidumping or countervailing duty law in the period July 1-September 30, 2009. (See future issues of ITT for BP summaries of additional CIT decisions in the third quarter.)
The International Trade Administration is issuing antidumping duty orders on diamond sawblades and parts thereof from China and Korea.