Appeals, Imports, Anti-Dumping Duty

Ninth Circuit Slams Importer in a False Claims Act Case Involving the Knowing Avoidance of Antidumping Duties

Foley & Lardner LLP on 7/9/2025

A recent Ninth Circuit decision underscores why importers should be worried that they will be hit with a large government bill under the False Claims Act (FCA) to pay for newly raised duties imposed on imported products. The...more

Ninth Circuit Finds Importer Liable Under False Claims Act for Failure to Pay Antidumping Duties

Husch Blackwell LLP on 6/27/2025

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Island Industries v. Sigma Corp., upheld a lower court jury determination that an importer of welded pipe fittings is liable for $8 million in unpaid antidumping duties under the False...more

CITT Reverses CBSA’s Imposition of Anti-Dumping Duties on Goods Transshipped through a U.S. Foreign Trade Zone

Stikeman Elliott LLP on 3/11/2024

In the Sucro Can Sourcing LLC (“Sucro Can”) decision issued on January 5, 2024 (Appeal EA-2022-002), the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (“CITT”) allowed Sucro Can’s appeal of the enforcement action taken by the Canada...more

Federal Circuit Confirms Limits to the Suspension of Liquidation in Scope Disputes

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 6/7/2019

Antidumping and countervailing duty orders address unfairly priced and subsidized imports that enter the United States. Each order contains a “scope” that identifies in part the “class or kind” or merchandise covered by...more

The Federal Circuit Addresses Who Has Standing to Challenge Commerce Scope Rulings

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 4/10/2019

Let’s say you import widgets that potentially fall within the scope of an antidumping or countervailing duty order. You wonder in good faith whether the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) may subject the imported widgets...more

SCOTUS Says No to Papierfabrik

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 3/12/2019

Few international trade disputes make their way to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). In the vast majority of these appeals, SCOTUS simply denies the petition for certiorari without comment. Indeed, SCOTUS last...more