U.S. Court of International Trade — Judicial Business 2018

The geographic jurisdiction of the U.S. Court of International Trade extends throughout the United States. Most of the cases this court hears involve antidumping and countervailing duties, the classification and valuation of imported merchandise, actions to recover unpaid customs duties and civil penalties, and various actions arising generally under the tariff laws.

In 2018, this court reported 242 case filings, a decrease of 23 percent (down 71 cases). Of these cases, 71 were actions involving 238 denied protests covering 2,007 entries of merchandise under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(a), which applies to civil actions filed against the United States to contest the denial of a protest under the Tariff Act of 1930. In 2018, 135 cases filed under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) were actions brought against the United States to contest final determinations issued under antidumping and countervailing duty laws.

Case terminations fell 4 percent from 448 in 2017 to 428 in 2018. Pending cases decreased 11 percent to 1,491 in 2018.  

Filings were 26 percent lower in 2018 than in 2014. However, filings frequently vary from year to year because of fluctuations in cases arising from the agencies that are sources of filings in this court.

For data on filings in the U.S. Court of International Trade, see Table G-1.