The United States Court of International Trade is a specialty court established under Article III of the United States Constitution and the Customs Act of 1980. It was formerly known as the Customs Court or Customs House Court.
The Court has its main branch in New York, but can hear cases in any United States District or even in foreign countries.
Its jurisdiction is limited to issues concerning International Trade and Customs Law matters. The purpose of the Court is civil and commercial in nature.
It also has limited jurisdiction to hear challenges to anti-dumping and countervailing duties with respect to NAFTA related trading by Canada and Mexico.
The Court has 9 members divided almost evenly between the political parties.
The authority to create this Court vests in Congress under Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution.
The appeals court for rulings from this Court is the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which sits in Washington, DC.
The principal issues typically litigated in this Court concern matters largely of imports of goods and products, or issues surrounding inappropriate imports that violate some law, custom or regulation.
Its rules are patterned after the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and most rules issues are reported in the Federal Rules Decision reporters.
Therefore, it as a court will only hear civil cases by its very nature.
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