Trade-Related Court Cases Filed Dec. 1-14
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Dec. 1-7 and 8-14:
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Royal Interpack of North America, challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its plastics waste of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 3907.61.0010, dutiable at 6.5%, should be classified under duty-free subheading 3915.90.00. # 25-00328. Filed Dec. 2.
Take a Byte, Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its thermal paper with adhesive backing of Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 4823.90.8680, free of duty, and secondary subheading 9903.88.03, which comes with a 25% Section 301 duty, were improperly subjected to antidumping and countervailing duties on lightweight thermal paper from China. # 25-00363. Filed Dec. 4.
Software Brokers of America Inc., d/b/a Intcomex, challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its six entries of Bluetooth speaker systems were entitled to treatment as in-transit merchandise. # 25-00381. Filed Dec. 5.
Camel Energy, Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest, claiming the agency failed to act on its detention of the company's lead-acid battery entries, which led to the exclusion of the entries. # 25-00420. Filed Dec. 8.
Transvolt, Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its golf carts were improperly excluded from entry for not satisfying Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 50. # 25-00432. Filed Dec. 8.
Transvolt, Inc., challenging CBP's denial of its protest claiming its golf carts were improperly excluded from entry for being in violation of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 50. # 25-00582. Filed Dec. 12.
Another 255 lawsuits were filed challenging President Donald Trump's imposition of tariffs under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
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. 1-7 and 8-14:
Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S., appealing an October CIT decision affirming the Commerce Department's 2023 administrative review of the countervailing duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey. # 26-1229. Opened Dec. 9.
United States, appealing a CIT decision finding the Commerce Department violated CAFC precedent by including various types of magnesia carbon bricks imported by Fedmet Resources in the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on magnesia carbon bricks from China. # 26-1245. Opened Dec. 11.