Special Commodity Group on Non-Rubber Footwear v. United States

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CARMAN, Judge.

Before the Court is a motion to intervene in an action by Special Commodity Group on Non-Rubber Footwear from Brazil (plaintiff) challenging the Commerce Department’s final determination imposing a countervailing duty on rubber footwear from Brazil. Plaintiff brought the action under section 516A of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. § 1516a. Proposed inter-venor is Footwear Industries of America, Inc. (FIA), seeking to intervene on the side of defendant. The issue presented is whether a trade association may intervene in a section 516A action when it…