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#Scope Rulings

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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 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).

Sep 23Wed
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains Commerce scope ruling that IPG heat sinks fall within aluminum extrusions orders

    The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-117, Court No. 25-00212, denied IPG Photonics Corporation's motion for judgment on the agency record and sustained Commerce's final scope ruling that IPG's four heat sink models do not meet the finished heat sink exclusion and are covered by the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on aluminum extrusions from China, Case Nos. A-570-967 and C-570-968. The court held that Commerce's interpretation of the exclusion and its consideration of IPG's evidence were supported by substantial evidence and in accordance with law. The opinion is dated September 23, 2026.

Jul 29Wed
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains Commerce scope ruling on Chinese carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings finished in Vietnam

    The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's second remand redetermination in the final scope ruling on certain carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from China, holding that rough fittings produced in China that underwent sizing/reforming or heat- or cold-treating and finishing in Vietnam fall within the antidumping duty order. The ruling covers the two Vietnam production scenarios in the covered merchandise referral, EAPA Consolidated Case Number 7335 (Remand Number 7717), involving Norca Industrial Company, LLC and International Piping & Procurement Group, LP. The court's decision is Slip Op. 26-83 in Consol. Court No. 23-00231, dated July 29, 2026.

Apr 21Tue
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains Commerce scope ruling that Chinese-origin cabinets further processed in Malaysia remain covered by AD/CVD orders

    In Slip Op. 26-39, Court No. 24-00155, the U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's final scope determination for the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from the People's Republic of China as applied to further processing in Malaysia, denying ACProducts, Inc. and related plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the agency record. Commerce found that Scenario 1, 2 and 3 cabinets produced in China and combined in Malaysia with Malaysian-made cabinet parts are Chinese in origin and covered by the orders, while Scenario 4 cabinets containing a Chinese toe kick and otherwise Malaysian parts are third-country in origin and not covered.

  2. 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.