US trade court mostly rules for Commerce in pencil case

By Bradley Dress ( July 31, 2025, 22:41 GMT | Insight) -- The US Court of International Trade today mostly sustained a Commerce Department country-of-origin determination in a case covering a 1994 antidumping order on pencils from China, ruling against a US importer that had claimed its products from the Philippines should not be under the tariff scope. The ruling from Judge M. Miller Baker, however, also remanded for Commerce to explain more about how it decided against substantial transformation from the Philippines in the investigation.The US Court of International Trade today mostly sustained a Department of Commerce country-of-origin determination in a case covering a 1994 antidumping order on pencils from China, ruling against a US importer that had claimed its products from the Philippines should not be under the tariff scope....

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US trade court mostly rules for Commerce in pencil case

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