The U.S. Supreme Court on June 28 overturned a hallmark of administrative law that had stood for four decades: the principle, established in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, of deferring to federal agencies' interpretation of ambiguous statutes.
CBP announced an Enforce and Protect Act investigation and said it has reasonable suspicion that Broadcreek Marketing Associates, Dorado Surfaces, Kingka Cabinet and Multistone Enterprises evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on quartz surface products from China. The agency enacted interim measures against the importers.
CBP announced a new Enforce and Protect Act investigation, saying it has reasonable suspicion that Global Natural Ingredients evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on xanthan gum from China and it has enacted interim measures against the importer.
CBP has levied actions against Besttn Industry of South El Monte, California, for working with Kingway Pipe of China to evade antidumping and countervailing duties on cast iron soil pipe fittings and cast iron soil pipes from China.
Texas United Chemical Company (TUCC) of Dallas evaded antidumping duties when importing xanthan gum from China and will face action per the Enforce and Protect Act, CBP ruled recently.
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The Court of International Trade on June 10 signaled that CBP's practice of not notifying companies when they become subject to interim Enforce and Protect Act investigations could give rise to a due process claim should the company sufficiently allege that it suffered "specific enough harm." However, the court found that importer Phoenix Metal failed to allege that harm with enough specificity.
CBP has imposed interim measures on 10 companies cited for allegedly evading antidumping and countervailing duties when importing oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from China.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of May 27 - June 2:
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: