International Trade Law News

A Lousiana seafood processor has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade against the U.S. International Trade Commission, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Crawfish Processors Alliance seeking a share of Byrd Amendment funds from the antidumping case on crawfish tail meat from China. Only companies that were a petitioner or interested party in support of the original antidumping petition are eligible for Byrd Amendment funds. However, according to the article, the Lousiana seafood processor that filed the lawsuit claims he didn't support the original petition "because he knew nothing of it." "I don't read the paper and nobody told me anything," said the owner of the company. "I have a lot of friends in this, but nobody told me."

The Byrd Amendment is dead, long live the Byrd Amendment.

Labels: Antidumping