The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 22-28:
International Trade Today is providing readers with the top stories from March 22-26 in case they were missed. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
A Washington importer is challenging the constitutionality of the Enforce and Protect Act's determination process in the Court of International Trade. Leco Supply, having found itself on the wrong side of an EAPA final administrative determination into wire hangers imported from Laos, said in a March 25 complaint that CBP's process in deciding EAPA claims denied it the opportunity to view the confidential documents that CBP relied on to make its determination, depriving the importer of its constitutional due process rights.
CBP incorrectly reversed its own Enforce and Protect Act determination that an importer evaded antidumping duties on frozen warmwater shrimp from India, a U.S. shrimp industry group said in a complaint filed at the Court of International Trade March 23. The Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Enforcement Committee (AHSTEC), made up of shrimp producers and wholesalers, said CBP should have stuck with its original finding that Minh Phu transshipped Indian shrimp through Vietnam, in part because the exporter did not provide enough information on its supply chain.
CBP plans to deploy a new portal March 27 for submitting allegations of antidumping or countervailing duty evasions under the Enforce and Protect Act, it said in an information notice. “This new tool will enable trade users to submit and view allegation cases in a centralized location,” it said.
CBP recently issued final determinations in the following antidumping and countervailing duty evasion investigations under the Enforce and Protect Act:
CBP is investigating possible antidumping and countervailing duty evasion by 15 separate quartz surface products importers, the agency said in a notice posted March 4. The allegations of evasion under the Enforce and Protect Act came the Cambria Company and its lawyer at Schagrin Associates, and CBP consolidated the cases together. The importers were said to have used transshipment through Malaysia to avoid the AD/CV duties on the quartz surface products from China. Even among consolidated EAPA investigations, it's unusual for so many importers to be named.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb. 22-28:
CBP recently announced the following antidumping and countervailing duty evasion investigation under the Enforce and Protect Act:
CBP recently announced the following antidumping and countervailing duty evasion investigation under the Enforce and Protect Act: