The Court of International Trade on June 9 sent back a Commerce Department scope ruling excluding exporter Cheng Shin Rubber Industry's temporary-use spare tires (T-type tires) from the scope of the antidumping duty order on passenger vehicle and light truck tires from Taiwan. Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves said Commerce improperly added a requirement in the order's scope that the tires be of "regular use," since this term doesn't appear in the "statutory language" and is "belied by the terms of the Order itself."
The U.S. disagreed May 30 with an importer’s claim that the Commerce Department’s post-remand scope ruling on wood mouldings and millwork products expanded relevant antidumping duty and countervailing duty orders to cover “an infinite universe of products.” The orders are simply intentionally broad, it said (Hardware Resources v. United States, CIT # 23-00150).
A federal judge granted an injunction against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) on Monday, ruling that DOGE employees violated the rights of federal employees when they gained access to their legally-protected sensitive information stored in OPM's systems. The judge, Denise Cote, said she would outline the injunction's scope at a later date.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website June 6, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on corrosion inhibitors from China (A-570-122). Commerce said it made certain changes to its preliminary results in this review, substantially increasing the AD rates calculated from those found in the preliminary results, which were: 96.67% for the ATC group of companies, 96.04% for Nantong Botao Chemical, and 96.46% for the separate-rate qualifier not a mandatory respondent, Gold Chemical. These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered March 1, 2023, through Feb. 29, 2024.
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website June 5, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
Akin Gump attorneys, representing two small importers, filed an unopposed motion to expedite consideration of the appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on the validity of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The importers' proposed schedule for the case would conclude briefing on Aug. 8 and see the appellate court hold oral argument either during a "special summer sitting" or on the first date in the court's September sitting (Learning Resources v. Trump, D.C. Cir. # 25-5202).
The State of California appealed the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California's decision to dismiss its case challenging tariff action taken under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, filing on June 4 a motion to expedite the appeal. California's proposed schedule would see briefing conclude on Aug. 18, with California's opening brief due on June 30 (State of California v. Donald J. Trump, 9th Cir. # 25-3493).
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation of vanillin from China (C-570-173), finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters. Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after March 18, 2025, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CVD on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its antidumping duty investigation of vanillin from China (A-570-172). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in this final determination take effect June 6, the date they are scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.