Law360, New York (August 11, 2010, 1:04 PM ET) -- A federal judge has preliminarily blocked U.S. Customs and Border Protection from liquidating a 577 percent countervailing duty on Tata Steel Ltd.'s hot-rolled steel products, a move that follows the India-based Tata Group affiliate's launching of a suit over the unprecedented markup.
U.S. Court of International Trade Judge Thomas J. Aquilino Jr. issued a preliminary injunction Monday over the countervailing duty that covers certain Tata Steel products that entered the U.S. between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 31, 2008.