Cementos Guadalajara, S.A. v. United States

These appeals are from conflicting final judgments of the Court of International Trade in three actions brought by exporters of portland hydraulic cement and cement clinker from Mexico. In each of the three actions, the exporters challenged the authority of the United States to impose countervailing duties on Mexican cement entered during the later part of 1983 and in all of 1984. Although the actions were distinct (due to different dates of entry and different exporters), the exporters’ arguments in each action were substantially identical.

In 88-1400, a group of Mexican exporters appeal the…