By Zachary Walker The federal government’s fiscal year (FY) 2021 concluded on September 30, 2021. Over the course of FY 2021, a total of 34 antidumping and countervailing duty petitions were filed with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission. This number is a substantial decrease from the previous fiscal year (i.e., FY 2020) […]
Federal government policy has transformed over the last decade in response to the continued presence (and proliferation) of forced labor in foreign supply chains for goods imported into the United States. Government approaches previously promoted transparency and the creation of incentives for companies to adopt voluntary measures to mitigate forced labor risks in supply chains. […]
By Colin Milner and Patrick O’Connor Antidumping (AD) and Countervailing duty (CVD) orders serve as a vital tool for U.S. domestic industries to ensure a fair market by levying import duties on unfairly traded merchandise. Newly released U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports indicate that cases brought by Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP (PKR) […]
A complaint filed recently with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) by Virtus Nutrition LLC challenges CBP’s decision to exclude more than $2 million of palm oil and palm oil products exported from Malaysia. Challenges to decisions by CBP to exclude merchandise under Section 307 of the Tariff Act are infrequent with the last […]
When the American Manufacturers of Multilayered Wood Flooring filed an appeal at the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the final results of a U.S. Department of Commerce antidumping administrative review, the case was docketed under the number 1:20-cv-3948. It was the final lawsuit filed in 2020 and capped off a remarkable year at the […]