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Oct 20Tue
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's CVD remand results on multilayered wood flooring from China

    The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-129 in Court No. 23-00136, sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's remand redetermination in the tenth administrative review of the countervailing duty order on multilayered wood flooring from China, for the period of review January 1 through December 31, 2020. Plaintiffs Baroque Timber Industries (Zhongshan) Co., Ltd. and Riverside Plywood Corporation challenged Commerce's inclusion of non-grade-specific UN Comtrade data in the tier two plywood benchmark and its use of adverse facts available to find certain input suppliers to be government authorities. The court sustained in part and remanded in part the Remand Results.

Oct 13Tue
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies GameChange Solar challenge to scope ruling on off-grid solar charging modules from China

    The U.S. Court of International Trade denied GameChange Solar Corp.'s motion for judgment on the agency record in Court No. 24-00174, upholding Commerce's final scope ruling that the company's off-grid solar charging module is within the scope of the 2012 antidumping and countervailing duty orders on crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from China. In Slip Op. 26-125, Judge Timothy C. Stanceu found the plain scope language dispositive and rejected GameChange's arguments that Commerce failed to identify specific scope language and that the consumer good and off-grid CSPV panel exclusions applied.

Oct 9Fri
  1. USITC · News Releases

    USITC institutes Section 337 investigation into certain vertical power delivery systems

    The USITC voted to institute a Section 337 investigation, Inv. No. 337-TA-1526, into certain vertical power delivery systems, components thereof, and computing systems containing the same, based on a complaint filed on behalf of Vicor Corporation of Andover, Massachusetts, on September 9, 2026 and supplemented on September 10, 2026. The complaint alleges infringement of certain patent claims through importation and sale of the products, and Vicor requests a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.

Oct 8Thu
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT remands Commerce redeterminations on freight rail couplers from China

    The U.S. Court of International Trade remanded Commerce's antidumping and countervailing redeterminations in the investigations of freight rail couplers from China, Court No. 23-00160 and Court No. 23-00161, in Slip Op. 26-122 dated October 8, 2026. The court found Commerce again failed to adequately explain its decision not to exclude attached freight rail couplers from the scope and did not reasonably address Wabtec's argument that attached couplers cannot cause cognizable injury. Commerce had continued to find on remand that attached couplers were properly included in the scope of the orders.

Oct 7Wed
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT remands Commerce scope ruling on Chinese chassis subassemblies in Pitts Enterprises

    The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-121, Court No. 24-00030, remanded Commerce's Final Results of Redetermination finding that unfinished landing gear and running gear subassemblies are within the scope of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain chassis and subassemblies from the People's Republic of China (86 Fed. Reg. 24,844 and 86 Fed. Reg. 36,093).

Oct 5Mon
  1. pv magazine (Global)

    First Solar sues JA Solar and American Panel Solutions over TOPCon patents

    First Solar, Inc. filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against JA Solar Technology Co., Ltd., four of its affiliates and U.S.-based distributor American Panel Solutions, LLC (AMPS), alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 9,130,074, which covers manufacturing methods for tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) crystalline silicon solar cells. First Solar seeks monetary damages and permanent injunctive relief to halt the import, assembly and sale of the disputed TOPCon modules in the U.S. The filing follows First Solar's withdrawal of its Section 337 complaint at the USITC; neither JA Solar nor representatives for Corning and AMPS immediately responded.

Sep 23Wed
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains Commerce's first administrative review of the antidumping order on mobile access equipment from China

    The U.S. Court of International Trade sustains Commerce's determination in the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order on mobile access equipment from China, in Slip Op. 26-119, Court No. 24-00219 and Court No. 24-00221. The court found Commerce's determination supported by substantial evidence and otherwise in accordance with law, rejecting Dingli's challenge to the selection of Turkey as the primary surrogate country and the Coalition's challenge to the use of Bulgaria as a secondary surrogate country.

  2. USITC · News Releases

    USITC institutes Section 337 investigation into powered rocker-recliner and glider-recliner mechanisms

    The USITC voted to institute Section 337 investigation 337-TA-1524 into certain powered rocker-recliner and glider-recliner mechanisms and seating units containing same, based on a complaint filed August 21, 2026, on behalf of Ultra-Mek, Incorporated of Denton, North Carolina; Leggett & Platt, Incorporated of Carthage, Missouri; and L&P Property Management Company of Carthage, Missouri, with supplemental letters filed September 9 and September 10, 2026. The complaint alleges infringement of certain patent claims by the importation and sale of the accused products, and the complainants request a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders.

Sep 14Mon
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains ITC remand results in freight rail couplers injury case

    The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained the U.S. International Trade Commission's remand results in Wabtec Corp. v. United States, Consol. Court No. 23-00157, Slip Op. 26-110, upholding the Commission's determinations that appropriate circumstances do not exist to exclude Amsted from the domestic industry and that the domestic industry was materially injured by reason of freight rail couplers from China sold at less than fair value and subsidized by the government of China. The court rejected plaintiffs Wabtec and Strato's challenges to Commissioner Kearns's further analysis and to the affirmative material-injury determination.

Sep 4Fri
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT remands Commerce's final results in steel racks antidumping review for reconsideration of differential pricing methodology

    The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-108, Court No. 25-00175, remanded for reconsideration Commerce's final results in the 2022-2023 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel racks from China, 90 Fed. Reg. 30,629, which assigned Jiangsu Nova a margin of 11.18% ad valorem. The court granted Commerce's request for a voluntary remand so it can allow parties to comment on the new differential pricing methodology, including the price difference test and ratio test, that replaced the Cohen's d test after Marmen. Commerce has 90 days to submit its remand redetermination, with comments to follow under Rule 56.2(h).

Sep 2Wed
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT rules feed-grade chlortetracycline concentrate is classifiable as an antibiotic under 2941.30.00

    In Slip Op. 26-102, Court No. 22-00056, the U.S. Court of International Trade granted Zoetis Services LLC's motion for summary judgment and denied the government's cross-motion, holding that feed-grade chlortetracycline concentrate manufactured in China by Jinhe Biotechnology Co., Ltd. is properly classified as an antibiotic under subheading 2941.30.00 rather than as an animal feed preparation under heading 2309. CBP had liquidated two Chicago entries, dated December 26, 2019 and January 22, 2020, under subheading 2309.90.10 and assessed Section 301 duties under 9903.88.03 at 25 percent ad valorem; the government argued on cross-motion for subheading 2309.90.95 at 1.4 percent.

Aug 14Fri
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies reconsideration in Tianjin Magnesium AD review of pure magnesium from China

    The U.S. Court of International Trade denied Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd.'s motion for reconsideration in Court No. 25-00002, Slip Op. 26-96, issued August 14, 2026. The motion challenged the court's March 13, 2026 opinion and order in Tianjin Magnesium I, which sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of pure magnesium from China for the period May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023. The court found the plaintiffs misread its earlier opinion, conflating Bulgarian export data with production data, and that they failed to show reconsideration was necessary.

Aug 13Thu
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies Chattem intervention in glycine changed circumstances review appeal

    The U.S. Court of International Trade denied Chattem Chemicals, Inc.'s motion to intervene in Salvi Chemical Industries Ltd. v. United States, Court No. 26-02569, Slip Op. 26-93, an action challenging Commerce's final results of the antidumping duty changed circumstances review of the glycine order from China, 91 Fed. Reg. 10,588. The court held Chattem was an interested party as a domestic glycine producer but was not a party to the changed circumstances review, having entered its appearance on June 3, 2026, and that permissive intervention is unavailable in actions under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c); its June 22, 2026 motion was also untimely.

Jul 29Wed
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's final results in AD review on activated carbon from China

    The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's amended final results in the 2022-2023 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain activated carbon from China, Consol. Court No. 24-00262, Slip Op. 26-84, dated July 29, 2026. The court found Commerce's selection of Malaysia as the primary surrogate country unsupported and remanded that issue. The amended final results, at 89 Fed. Reg. 104,978, calculated weighted-average dumping margins of $1.90/kg for Jilin Bright, $1.10/kg for GHC and $1.35/kg for non-selected companies under review.

Jul 14Tue
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's chlorinated isocyanurates review from China

    The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's final results in the antidumping duty administrative review of chlorinated isocyanurates from China for the period June 1, 2022, through May 31, 2023, in Bio-Lab, Inc. v. United States, Court No. 25-00054, Slip Op. 26-74. The court upheld Commerce's determination that Mexico was not at the same level of economic development as China during the period of review and remanded on whether chlorinated isos are unusual or unique merchandise under Policy Bulletin 04.1 and whether calcium hypochlorite and sodium hypochlorite are comparable merchandise for surrogate country selection.

Jun 12Fri
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains Commerce's amended final results in seventh AD review of passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China

    The U.S. Court of International Trade denied Giti Tire Global Trading Pte. Ltd. and affiliates Giti Radial Tire (Anhui) Company Ltd. and Giti Tire (Fujian) Company Ltd.'s motion for judgment on the agency record and sustained Commerce's amended final results in the seventh administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain passenger vehicle and light truck tires from China, covering August 1, 2021 through July 31, 2022 (Slip Op. 26-61, Court No. 24-00083, dated June 12, 2026).

Jun 11Thu
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT remands Commerce's final determination and AD order on paper plates from China

    The U.S. Court of International Trade remanded Commerce's final determination and antidumping duty order in the 2024 investigation of paper plates from China, in Fuzhou Hengli Paper Co. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-59, Court No. 25-00064, dated June 11, 2026. The court held that Commerce's application of total adverse facts available, which produced a 515.40% dumping margin for Fuzhou, was not supported by substantial evidence or otherwise in accordance with law. The case concerns the Final Determination published at 90 Fed. Reg. 8,271 (Jan. 28, 2025), covering certain paper plates from China, Thailand and Vietnam.

May 14Thu
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains Commerce's final results in quartz surface products reviews from China

    The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's final results in the 2021–2023 antidumping duty administrative review and the 2021–2022 countervailing duty administrative review of certain quartz surface products from China, in AM Stone & Cabinets, Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-50, Court No. 24-00241, decided May 14, 2026. The reviews concerned whether exporter Universal Quartz remained eligible to certify that its quartz surface products are not produced from Chinese-origin quartz slab; Commerce found it ineligible and assigned it the China-wide AD rate and the all-others rate in the CVD review.

Apr 27Mon
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's remand redetermination in chlorinated isocyanurates review

    The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's remand redetermination in the administrative review of the antidumping order on chlorinated isocyanurates from China for the period June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022, in Bio-Lab, Inc. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-43, Consol. Court No. 24-00024. The court had found in Bio-Lab I that Commerce failed to adequately explain its determination that cyanuric acid is not a major input, its comparable-merchandise findings on calcium hypochlorite and sodium hypochlorite, and its selection of Romanian labor data as the surrogate value for labor.

Apr 21Tue
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains Commerce scope ruling on Chinese wooden cabinets further processed in Vietnam

    The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's final scope determination covering wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from China, holding that cabinets produced in China and combined in Vietnam with Vietnamese-made wooden parts remain Chinese in origin and within the antidumping and countervailing duty orders. Cabinets containing a Chinese-made wooden toe kick with all other wooden parts produced in Vietnam are third-country in origin and outside the orders. Judge Leo M. Gordon issued the opinion in Court No. 24-00156, Slip Op. 26-40, dated April 21, 2026, denying the plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the agency record.