The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:

Two months away from the first reporting requirements for carbon intensity of certain imports into the EU, not only do many importers not understand how to comply, but even the customs authorities aren't ready, said Vassilis Akritidis, a partner at Crowell who offered a webinar on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism last week.

The Commerce Department relied on incomplete data when it used a Tier 3 benchmark calculation methodology in the 2020-21 review of the countervailing duty order on phosphate fertilizers from Russia, U.S. importer Archer Daniels Midland Co. argued in a Dec. 1 complaint at the Court of International Trade (Archer Daniels Midland Co. v. United States, CIT # 23-00239).

The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade:

The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the weeks of Nov. 6-12, 13-19 and 20-26:

The following are short summaries of recent CBP NY rulings issued by the agency's National Commodity Specialist Division in New York:

Deere & Company asked that agricultural interests be taken into account as the FCC considers a 5G Fund (see 2310240046). Deere noted that the Rural Wireless Association and the Wireless Infrastucture Association mentioned agricultural land in their comments. “Deere has pioneered state-of-the-art precision agriculture technologies that provide growers with unprecedented efficiencies in managing inputs, such as seed, fertilizer, herbicides, pesticides, and water, as well as significant labor costs associated with operational delays and downtime,” said a filing posted Tuesday in docket 20-32: “These precision agriculture technologies are heavily dependent on the availability of mobile broadband service in fields where our customers work.”

The Commerce Department again failed to adhere to the Court of International Trade's order concerning the agency's phosphate rock benefit calculations regarding countervailing duty respondent JSC Apatit's mining rights, exporter Phosagro and its affiliate, Apatit, argued in remand comments at the trade court. The companies said that the remand results, which didn't make any changes to its position in the CVD investigation of phosphate fertilizers from Russia, ignored the court's mandate regarding Commerce's use of Apatit's Profit Before Tax figure in its profit ratio instead of its Gross Profit Figure (The Mosaic Co. v. United States, CIT # 21-00117).

Members of the European Parliament are pushing member states to more strictly enforce sanctions against Russia, saying “loopholes” are still allowing Russia to reap revenue from its oil sales and import export-controlled electronics. In a resolution adopted by the parliament last week, the body called for a lower price cap on Russian oil and petroleum products and a new mechanism to oversee member states’ sanctions enforcement.

The following lawsuits were recently filed at the Court of International Trade: