The Office of the U.S Trade Representative intends to apply the safeguard tariffs on imported solar panels to bifacial solar panels, it said in a notice. The USTR said it will ask the U.S. Court of International Trade to lift its injunction against applying the safeguard tariff to this category (see 1912050063), but said regardless of when CIT lifts the injunction, it will apply the tariff no earlier than 30 days after May 18.
Court of International Trade
The United States Court of International Trade is a federal court which has national jurisdiction over civil actions regarding the customs and international trade laws of the United States. The Court was established under Article III of the Constitution by the Customs Courts Act of 1980. The Court consists of nine judges appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate and is located in New York City. The Court has jurisdiction throughout the United States and has exclusive jurisdictional authority to decide civil action pertaining to international trade against the United States or entities representing the United States.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of April 6-12:
Court of International Trade Senior Judge Gregory Carman has died, CIT said. Carman was confirmed to the court in 1983, and was chief judge from 1996 to 2003. He assumed senior status in 2014. Carman was a member of the House of Representatives from New York for the two years prior to his appointment as a judge.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 30 - April 5:
Doorknobs with keyed, thumbturn locks are classifiable as knobs, not locks, in the tariff schedule, the Court of International Trade said in a March 26 decision that was publicly released April 2. After being directed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to treat the door hardware as composite goods (see 1902190036), CIT found that the knobs give the hardware sets their essential character, classifying them in Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) heading 8502.
The Court of International Trade courthouse will be closed until further notice to limit COVID-19 exposure, said Clerk of the Court Mario Toscano in an April 2 notice. “During this time, and upon approval of the assigned judge(s), parties are able to participate in, and members of the public may listen to, proceedings via teleconference,” it said. “Access for the public may be precluded or limited when confidential information will be presented in the proceeding.” The court also posted information about teleconferencing on its website. “Prior to the day of the court proceeding, the Case Manager will provide the parties with the dial-in number and the access codes for participating in the proceeding via email,” it said.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 23-29:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 16-22:
An importer of Indian citric acid subjected to antidumping and countervailing duties on China must challenge the tariffs by way of a protest or a scope ruling, and can’t directly file a lawsuit alleging CBP did not follow the proper procedures in determining dutiability, the Court of International Trade said in a March 16 decision dismissing TR International’s lawsuit on jurisdictional grounds.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 9-15: