U.S. Court of International Trade — Judicial Business 2022

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 2022, this court reported 373 case filings, a decrease of 52 percent (down 408 cases). This reduction occurred as cases filed under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(i), which were actions brought against the United States that mainly addressed tariff laws and the administration and enforcement of those laws, dropped from 494 in 2021 to 167 in 2022. Of the remaining cases filed this year, 80 were actions involving 708 denied protests covering 3,932 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 protests under the Tariff Act of 1930. In addition, 120 cases filed under 28 U.S.C. § 1581(c) were actions brought against the United States to contest final determinations issued under the antidumping and countervailing duty laws.

Case terminations increased 15 percent from 362 in 2021 to 418 in 2022. Pending cases decreased1 percent to 4,645 in 2022. 

Filings were 54 percent higher in 2022 than in 2018. 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.