CIT grants in part default judgment against Koehler in $193.6 million antidumping duty suit

The U.S. Court of International Trade entered default judgment against Koehler Oberkirch GmbH and Koehler Paper SE in Court No. 24-00014 for unpaid antidumping duties on lightweight thermal paper from Germany, after the defendants failed to answer interrogatories and refused to participate in discovery under USCIT Rule 37(d). The court declined the Government's request for an injunction barring the defendants from importing into the United States, holding that the relief was not demanded in the complaint and would violate USCIT Rule 54(c). The opinion, Slip Op. 26-116, is dated September 18, 2026.

USITC declines to review ALJ order terminating wireless communication devices investigation

The U.S. International Trade Commission determined not to review an initial determination, Order No. 32, in which the presiding administrative law judge granted an unopposed motion to terminate certain respondents from the investigation of certain wireless communication devices and components thereof based on settlement, and terminated the investigation. The investigation is terminated.

CIT denies preliminary injunction against CBP deactivation of customs broker's entry filer code

The U.S. Court of International Trade denied Forrest Xu's motion for a preliminary injunction in Slip Op. 26-115, Court No. 26-03403, leaving in place CBP's deactivation of his entry filer code, which prevents him from filing entries electronically through ABI and by paper under that code. Judge Lisa W. Wang found Xu was not likely to succeed on the merits of his due process claim. CBP's June 1, 2026 letter told Xu he could seek reinstatement of the entry filer code after a minimum of 180 calendar days from the date of that letter.

CIT sustains Commerce remand results in Ditar, S.A. v. United States paper bag antidumping case

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained the Department of Commerce's remand results in Ditar, S.A. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-114, Court No. 24-00130, an antidumping duty investigation of paper bags from Colombia. The court held that substantial evidence supported Commerce's finding that Ditar failed to establish that its home-market sales to distributors and end users were made at different levels of trade, because its warehousing and repacking expenses were reported as indirect selling expenses and could not corroborate the claimed intensity differences.

CIT sustains Commerce's fourth remand redetermination in welded line pipe investigation on Korea

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's fourth remand redetermination in the 2015 less-than-fair-value investigation of welded line pipe from the Republic of Korea, in Stupp Corp. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-113, Consol. Court No. 15-00334, dated September 15, 2026. On remand Commerce replaced the Cohen's d test with a two-percent price difference test to determine whether prices differ significantly, and abandoned its mixed methodology in applying its ratio test. The court held the price difference test reasonable and found Commerce acted within the scope of remand.

CIT sustains in part and remands in part Commerce's 2022-23 AD review of glycine from India

The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-112, Court No. 25-00081, sustained in part and remanded in part Commerce's final determination in the 2022-23 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on glycine from India, covering June 1, 2022, to May 31, 2023. The case was brought by Kumar Industries and Bajaj Healthcare Limited; Deer Park Glycine, LLC was defendant-intervenor. Commerce had applied facts otherwise available with an adverse inference to Kumar and assigned Bajaj, a non-selected respondent, the simple average of Kumar's and Avid Organics' dumping margins.

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.

CIT sustains Commerce's second remand redetermination in light-walled rectangular pipe and tube review from Mexico

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's Second Remand Redetermination in the 2020-2021 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico, in which Commerce replaced the Cohen's d test with a new price difference test after the CAFC's decision in Marmen III. The revised analysis produced weighted-average dumping margins of 10.67% for Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. and Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de C.V. and 6.06% for non-selected parties such as Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V., replacing the amended final results margins of 9.2% and 5.32%. The opinion is Slip Op. 26-111 in Consol. Court No. 23-00091, dated September 14, 2026.

USITC declines to review ALJ order granting Dolby intervention in video-capable device investigation

The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined not to review the presiding administrative law judge's initial determination, Order No. 17, granting Dolby Laboratories, Inc.'s motion to intervene as an intervenor in the investigation into certain video-capable electronic devices, including smart televisions, monitors, and components thereof. The notice does not state the investigation number, the products' HTS codes, or any relief or deadline.

CIT remands Commerce countervailing duty decision in TNC Kazchrome over adverse facts available

USITC finds injury on hardwood and decorative plywood from China, Indonesia and Vietnam

The USITC determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of hardwood and decorative plywood (excluding all softwood structural plywood) from China, Indonesia and Vietnam, provided for in HTS subheadings 4412.10.05, 4412.31.06, 4412.31.26, 4412.31.42, 4412.31.45, 4412.31.48, 4412.31.52, 4412.31.61, 4412.31.92, 4412.33.06, 4412.33.26, 4412.33.32, 4412.33.57, 4412.34.26, 4412.34.32, 4412.34.57, 4412.39.40, 4412.39.50, 4412.41.00, 4412.42.00, 4412.51.10, 4412.51.31, 4412.51.41, 4412.51.51, 4412.52.10, 4412.52.31, 4412.52.41, 4412.91.06, 4412.91.10, 4412.91.31, 4412.91.41, 4412.92.07, 4412.92.11, 4412.92.31 and 4412.92.42, found by Commerce to be sold at less than fair value and subsidized.

USITC reviews in part Section 337 violation finding on glow fish tape and safety helmet systems

The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review in part a final initial determination issued by the presiding chief administrative law judge in the investigation of certain glow fish tape systems, safety helmet systems, and components thereof, which found a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The Commission is requesting written submissions on the issues under review, as well as on remedy, bonding, and the public interest. The notice does not state the products' HTS codes, the respondents, or the remedy under consideration.

USITC declines to review ALJ order terminating semiconductor devices investigation

The U.S. International Trade Commission determined not to review an initial determination, Order No. 77, of the presiding administrative law judge granting a joint motion to terminate the investigation in its entirety based on settlement and to limit service of the settlement agreement. The investigation concerns certain foreign-fabricated semiconductor devices, products containing the same, and components thereof. The notice does not state an effective date or any action for importers.

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).

CIT sustains Commerce remand results in wind towers AD review of Dongkuk S&C

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's remand results in the antidumping duty administrative review of utility scale wind towers from the Republic of Korea, Slip Op. 26-104, Court No. 24-00070, in an opinion by Judge Leo M. Gordon dated September 4, 2026. On remand Commerce reconsidered Dongkuk S&C Co., Ltd.'s indirect conversion costs, found its reported methodology distortive, and recalculated the weight-average dumping margin to 1.90 percent. The court sustained Commerce's use of period-of-review annual average costs over Dongkuk's reported indirect conversion costs.

CIT sustains ITC material-injury finding on subsidized shrimp from Ecuador

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained the International Trade Commission's affirmative material-injury determination in the countervailing duty investigation of fresh warmwater shrimp and frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador, India and Vietnam, in Slip Op. 26-105, Court No. 25-00029, dated September 4, 2026. Ecuadorian producers Industrial Pesquera Santa Priscila, S.A. and Sociedad Nacional de Galapagos, C.A. argued that rising diesel fuel costs, not subsidized imports, caused the domestic industry's harm, and that the Commission abused its discretion by declining to request the fishermen's diesel purchase volumes. The court found no evidence of bias and held the Commission's determination supported by substantial evidence.

CIT sustains ITC material-injury finding on subsidized frozen warmwater shrimp from India

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained the International Trade Commission's affirmative material-injury determination in the countervailing duty investigation of frozen warmwater shrimp from India, in Slip Op. 26-106, Court No. 25-00031, dated September 4, 2026. The court rejected the Seafood Exporters Association of India's challenges that the Commission wrongly defined the domestic like product to include frozen cooked shrimp alongside raw shrimp and that imports filled a supply gap the domestic industry could not serve. The investigation covered frozen warmwater shrimp, wild-caught and farmed, cooked and raw, for the period January 1, 2021, to March 31, 2024.

CIT sustains remand redetermination in Catfish Farmers of America v. United States

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained the Final Results of Redetermination pursuant to Court Remand (Apr. 15, 2026) in Catfish Farmers of America v. United States, Slip Op. 26-103, Court No. 24-00082, finding it complies with the court's order in Catfish Farmers of Am. v. United States, 49 CIT __, 815 Fed. Supp. 3d 1339 (2025), including its statement that the allegation identified a ministerial error. No party commented in opposition, and the United States asked the court to sustain the results. The court ordered that entries affected by this action be liquidated in accordance with the final court decision in this litigation.

CIT sustains ITC material-injury finding on subsidized shrimp from Vietnam

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained the International Trade Commission's affirmative material-injury determination in Slip Op. 26-107, Court No. 25-00032, rejecting the Shrimp Committee of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers' challenge to the Commission's findings on underselling, the effects of imports and causation. The case is one of a trilogy challenging the Commission's finding that subsidized imports from Ecuador, India and Vietnam materially injured the domestic shrimp industry, with a period of investigation of January 1, 2021, to March 31, 2024. The court held the determination is supported by substantial evidence on the record.

USITC lifts partial suspension of enforcement of remedial orders in photodynamic therapy case as to U.S. Patent No. 11,697,028

The U.S. International Trade Commission granted a request by Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Inc. of Princeton, New Jersey to lift the partial suspension of enforcement of the limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders as to U.S. Patent No. 11,697,028 in the investigation of certain photodynamic therapy systems, components thereof, and pharmaceutical products used in combination with the same. The notice does not state an effective date or identify the products or respondents covered by the remedial orders.

USITC terminates Section 337 investigation into video-capable computers and displays

The U.S. International Trade Commission determined not to review an initial determination, Order No. 48, in which the presiding administrative law judge granted a joint motion to terminate the investigation in its entirety based on arbitration agreements. The investigation, covering certain video-capable laptop and desktop computers, handheld computers, tablets, televisions, projectors, and components and modules thereof, is terminated.

USITC reviews in part final initial determination in Section 337 mobile electronic devices investigation

The U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to review in part a final initial determination issued by the presiding Administrative Law Judge in the Section 337 investigation Certain Mobile Electronic Devices, which found a violation of section 337 as to a certain asserted patent and no violation as to other asserted patents. The Commission requests written submissions from the parties on the issues under review, and from the parties, interested government agencies and other interested persons on remedy, the public interest and bonding, under the schedule set out in the notice. The notice does not state the schedule dates, the products or companies involved, or any remedy.

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.

CIT sustains USITC negative injury determination on aluminum extrusions from 14 countries

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained in full the U.S. International Trade Commission's final negative determination in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of aluminum extrusions from China, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam, in Slip Op. 26-101, Court No. 24-00209, and denied plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the agency record. The Commission found the domestic industry was neither materially injured nor threatened with material injury by reason of subject imports during the January 2021 to March 2024 period of investigation.

CIT grants in part and denies in part summary judgment in Inspired Ventures tire entry dispute

The U.S. Court of International Trade held in Slip Op. 26-100, Court No. 24-00062, that CBP had not released the two entries of rubber tires from China at issue, Entry Nos. AVV-0053438-1 and AVV-0053445-6, and granted in part and denied in part Inspired Ventures' motion for summary judgment.

CIT denies as moot NRDC motion to enforce MMPA import provisions settlement

The U.S. Court of International Trade denied as moot the plaintiffs' motion to enforce the settlement agreement in Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Lutnick, Court No. 24-00148, Slip Op. 26-97, dated August 19, 2026, after all parties agreed no live controversy remained. The court noted that the Marine Mammal Protection Act import provisions, 16 U.S.C. § 1371(a)(2), have been implemented for the first time since the MMPA's 1972 enactment, with comparability findings issued for 135 nations covering approximately 2,500 fisheries and import bans on fish caught with commercial fishing technology causing incidental kill or serious injury of ocean mammals in excess of U.S. standards.

CIT sustains Commerce's second remand redetermination in UAE circular welded steel pipe review

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's Second Remand Redetermination in the 2020-2021 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from the United Arab Emirates, Slip Op. 26-98, Court No. 23-00113. On remand following the CAFC's decision in Marmen III, 134 F.4th 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2025), Commerce discontinued the Cohen's d test and applied a new three-step differential pricing analysis, revising Universal Tube and Plastic Industries' weighted-average dumping margin from 2.63% to 3.64%. The court also accepted Commerce's explanation for applying both the inter-quarter and same-quarter comparisons in the same review.

CIT denies JBF Bahrain summary judgment in US-Bahrain FTA origin dispute

The U.S. Court of International Trade held in Slip Op. 26-99, Court No. 23-00067, that under HTSUS General Note 30 a third-country input must undergo double substantial transformation to count toward the 35 percent value requirement of the United States–Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, and that the CBP regulation adopting the tariff-shift test in 19 C.F.R. § 10.809(i) is ultra vires and invalid. The court denied JBF Bahrain W.L.L.'s motion for partial summary judgment and granted the government's cross-motion, finding the importer's tariff-shift reading of the regulation wrong in any event because it also requires the tariff shift to occur twice.

CIT remands FLETF denial of Camel Group's removal request from UFLPA Entity List

The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-95, Court No. 25-00022, remands to the Forced Labor Enforcement Task Force its denial of Camel Group Co., Ltd.'s request to be removed from the UFLPA Entity List, granting in part and denying in part Camel Group's motion for judgment on the agency record. Camel Group, a Shanghai Stock Exchange-listed maker of battery-related products that imports into the U.S., challenged the denial on statutory authority, the definition of goods "out of" the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, and the adequacy of the agency's explanation and evidentiary support. The opinion is dated August 14, 2026, and was issued by Judge Lisa W. Wang.

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.

CIT upholds IEEPA rescission of de minimis exemption, denies Axle summary judgment on Counts I and II

The U.S. Court of International Trade held in Slip Op. 26-94, Court No. 25-00091, that IEEPA's authority to "nullify [or] void . . . exercising any . . . privilege" authorizes the President's rescission of the de minimis exemption under 19 U.S.C. § 1321, and that the APA does not apply to the ministerial agency actions implementing that directive. The court denied Axle of Dearborn's motion for partial summary judgment on Counts I and II, granted summary judgment to the government on those counts, denied the government's motion to dismiss Count II as moot, and denied the government's motion for summary judgment on Count III.

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.

CIT sustains Commerce's second remand redetermination in phosphate fertilizers countervailing duty review

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's second remand redetermination in the countervailing duty administrative review of phosphate fertilizers from the Russian Federation, in Archer Daniels Midland Co. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-92, Consol. Court No. 23-00239, issued August 12, 2026. Commerce reconstructed its tier-three benchmark to include world sedimentary-origin phosphate rock price data from Iran and Togo that had previously been excluded solely on the distinction between igneous and sedimentary ore, and calculated that JSC Apatit received no measurable benefit for the provision of mining rights for less than adequate remuneration, resulting in a total subsidy rate of 22.86 percent ad valorem for the period of review.

CIT denies ADM motion to complete administrative record in consolidated phosphate case

The U.S. Court of International Trade denied Archer Daniels Midland Company's motion to complete the administrative record in Consolidated Court No. 23-00239, Slip Op. 26-91, dated August 12, 2026. ADM sought to add its March 30, 2026, Rebuttal Comments in Response to The Mosaic Company's Submission of New Factual Information, which were not in the record because ADM's counsel E-filed them under the first administrative review proceeding rather than the second remand proceeding, so Commerce did not consider them in the remand redetermination.

CIT remands Commerce's CVD review determination on Korean cut-to-length steel plate

The U.S. Court of International Trade, in Slip Op. 26-90, Consol. Court No. 24-00190, granted motions for judgment on the agency record filed by Hyundai Steel Company, Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. and the Government of the Republic of Korea and remanded Commerce's final results in the 2022 countervailing duty administrative review of certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate from the Republic of Korea for further explanation or reconsideration.

CIT remands Commerce denials of Mirror Metals Section 232 steel exclusion requests

The U.S. Court of International Trade granted Mirror Metals, Inc.'s motion for judgment on the agency record in Court No. 24-00260 and remanded Commerce's denials of its 63 requests to exclude flat-rolled stainless steel products from Section 232 tariffs, in Slip Op. 26-89 dated August 11, 2026. The court found Commerce ignored the regulations' requirements for objections and failed to explain the denials in light of Mirror Metals' rebuttal evidence. The subject steel covers #8 non-directional finish, bright annealed finish and #4 satin finish products; the exclusion requests were filed between October 2022 and March 2024, when the December 14, 2020 exclusion regulations applied.

CIT grants partial intervention to vehicle makers coalition in ICON EV EAPA suit

The Court of International Trade granted in part and denied in part the American Personal Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Coalition's renewed motion for permissive intervention in ICON EV LLC v. United States, Court No. 26-02759, Slip Op. 26-88, dated August 10, 2026. The Coalition may intervene only to challenge Count III of ICON's complaint, which alleges that CBP imposed interim measures without a reasonable suspicion of evasion under the Enforce and Protect Act, and must file an answer within 14 days of the order.

CIT grants steel producers and USW intervention in CORE injury determination challenge

The U.S. Court of International Trade granted motions to intervene as of right in Kemper AIP Metals, LLC v. United States, Court No. 26-00764, Slip Op. 26-87, allowing Cleveland-Cliffs Inc., Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., United States Steel Corporation and the United Steelworkers to defend the USITC's final affirmative material injury determination on corrosion-resistant steel products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam. The court held the proposed intervenors had piggyback standing because they seek only affirmance of the determination, the same relief as the government, and qualify as interested parties under 28 U.S.C. § 2631(j)(1)(B).

CIT grants Nucor, Steel Dynamics, U.S. Steel and USW intervention in CORE from Brazil AD suit

The U.S. Court of International Trade granted the motions of Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., United States Steel Corporation and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC to intervene as defendant-intervenors in Kemper AIP Metals, LLC and Waelzholz Brasmetal Laminação Ltda. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-86, Court No. 26-00762, Judge Timothy M. Reif, dated August 7, 2026.

CIT sustains USITC affirmative critical circumstances determination on pea protein from China

The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained the U.S. International Trade Commission's final affirmative critical circumstances determination in the antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of high protein content pea protein from China, denying the motions for judgment on the agency record filed by importer Nura USA, LLC and by consolidated plaintiffs Jianyuan International Co., Ltd., Shandong Yuwang Ecological Food Industry Co., Ltd., Linyi Yuwang Vegetable Protein Co., Ltd., Yantai Oriental Protein Tech Co., Ltd. and Jiujiang Tiantai Food Co., Ltd. The opinion, Slip Op. 26-85 in Consol. Court No. 24-00182, covers the investigations at Inv.