U.S. Court of International Trade - Slip opinions for January 21-25 

January 25: The U.S. Court of International Trade posted and / or released the following opinions and actions for the period January 21-25, 2013.

For an electronic version of text of the slip opinions, click on the direct hyperlink to the court’s website, as provided below:


  • JSC Acron v. United States, Slip Op. 13-12 (CIT 25 January 2013): Concerning the U.S. International Trade Administration’s refusal to conduct a “changed circumstances” review of an antidumping duty order on imports of solid fertilizer-grade ammonium nitrate from Russia, the court granted the government’s motion to dismiss.

    Read the opinion: 13-12 [PDF 50 KB]


  • Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op. 13-11 (CIT 24 January 2013): Concerning antidumping methodology used by the U.S. International Trade Commission on certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics from China and Indonesia, the court granted the plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend the pleading (a second time) in order to clarify the claim that Commerce improperly double-counted certain rebates used in the calculation of net U.S. price.

    Read the opinion: 13-11 [PDF 53 KB]


  • Fuwei Films (Shandong) Co., Ltd. v. United States, Slip Op. 13-10 (CIT 24 January 2013): In a case concerning Commerce's antidumping duty order covering Polyethylese Terephthalate Film from China, the court sustained Commerce's remand results of the administrative review.

    Read the opinion: 13-10 [PDF 32 KB]


  • US Magnesium, LLC v. United States, Slip Op. 13-09 (CIT January 22, 2013): Concerning pure magnesium imported from China during the period beginning May 1, 2009, and ending April 30, 2010, the plaintiff argued that Commerce’s determinations with respect to pure magnesium from China were not supported by substantial evidence and not in accordance with the law. The court granted the plaintiff’s motion, in part, so that Commerce could reconsider its decision not to extend the deadline for an untimely submission as well as the surrogate values for labor financial ratios and truck freight rates.

    Read the opinion: 13-09 [PDF 50 KB]


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