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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 10Sat
  1. Supply Chain Dive

    CIT certifies importer class in IEEPA tariff refund suit

    The U.S. Court of International Trade certified a class of importers who paid tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act between Feb. 1, 2025, and Feb. 19, 2026, excluding those who filed separate lawsuits, in a slip order issued Thursday. The court set an Oct. 22 deadline for proposed scheduling of additional filings and a closed conference for Oct. 13, and said certification is intended to lead to liquidation or reliquidation of entries and refunds to importers of record.

Oct 8Thu
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT certifies importer class in IEEPA tariff refund case against CBP

    The U.S. Court of International Trade granted Freestyle World, Inc.'s motion for class certification and appointment of class counsel in Freestyle World, Inc. v. United States, Court No. 26-01088, Slip Op. 26-123, certifying an injunctive class under USCIT Rule 23(b)(2) of all importers of record who paid duties under the challenged tariff orders between February 1, 2025 and February 19, 2026, excluding entities that filed separate actions to recover IEEPA duties.

  2. 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 1Thu
  1. Federal Register · USITC

    USITC finds Section 337 violation on storage containers and toolboxes, issues exclusion and cease and desist orders

    The U.S. International Trade Commission determined to find a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 with respect to U.S. Patent Nos. 11,365,026 and 11,794,952 covering certain storage containers and toolboxes, organizers, component boxes and coolers, and set the remedy as a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order on those patents. The Commission set a bond of 18% of entered value for covered articles imported or sold during the period of Presidential review. It has not reached a final determination on U.S. Patent No. 11,952,167, and extended the target date for completion of the investigation to November 2, 2026.

Sep 23Wed
  1. Federal Register · USITC

    USITC finds Section 337 violation on boiler protection for absorption refrigeration systems, issues general exclusion order

    The U.S. International Trade Commission found a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in its final determination on certain boiler protection for absorption refrigeration systems and components thereof, and issued a general exclusion order prohibiting importation of goods that infringe claims 1, 4, 6, and 10 of U.S. Patent No. 8,056,360. The Commission also issued cease and desist orders against the defaulting respondents and terminated the investigation.

Sep 14Mon
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    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.

Sep 4Fri
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    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.

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.

  2. CIT · Slip Opinions

    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.

Aug 14Fri
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    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.

Aug 13Thu
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    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.

Aug 11Tue
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    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.

  2. CIT · Slip Opinions

    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.

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.

Jul 27Mon
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT sustains Commerce remand redetermination in 2021 softwood lumber AD review

    The U.S. Court of International Trade sustained Commerce's remand redetermination in the 2021 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada, Slip Op. 26-82, Consol. Court No. 23-00187. The remand followed the CAFC's decision in Marmen III, 134 F.4th 1334 (Fed. Cir. 2025), which vacated Commerce's use of the Cohen's d test; Commerce replaced it with a price difference test as the first step of its differential pricing analysis.

Jul 24Fri
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT remands Commerce's final AD determination on corrosion-resistant steel from Mexico

    The U.S. Court of International Trade remanded Commerce's final affirmative antidumping duty determination on certain corrosion-resistant steel products from Mexico, covering the July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024 period of investigation, in Galvasid S.A. de C.V. v. United States, Slip Op. 26-80, Court Nos. 25-00235 and 26-00825. The court held that Galvasid's challenge, filed October 28, 2025, was timely under 19 U.S.C. § 1516a(g)(3)(A)(i) because no binational panel review was requested, and dismissed the later complaint in Court No. 26-00825. Commerce had assigned Galvasid a 24.05% weighted-average dumping margin using partial facts available with an adverse inference, amended to 24.09% after a ministerial error correction.

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 26Tue
  1. CIT · Slip Opinions

    CIT denies government motion to dismiss ICON EV's EAPA due process challenge

    The U.S. Court of International Trade held in Slip Op. 26-55, issued May 26, 2026, that it has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i) over ICON EV LLC's Fifth Amendment due process challenge to interim measures CBP imposed under the Enforce and Protect Act, and denied the government's motion to dismiss. The case, Court No. 26-02759, concerns interim measures CBP imposed on April 6, 2026 in EAPA Cons. Case 8247, requiring an over-500% duty rate and live entry cash deposits on ICON's imports of low-speed personal transportation vehicles from China. The court had granted ICON a preliminary injunction on April 24, 2026, effective April 30, 2026.