CBP Found $29 Million Worth of Possible AD/CV Violations in FY 2015
CBP outlined its recent enforcement work related to antidumping and countervailing duties in an AD/CVD Update for November that includes statistics for fiscal year 2015 (here). CBP said it "carried out 28,783 entry summary reviews on potential AD/CVD violations and…
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identified over $29 million in AD/CVD noncompliance." Products associated with the most AD/CVD violations during FY2015 were tires, solar cells, and pencils, CBP said. The agency said its lawyers were involved in over 350 AD/CVD cases during the fiscal year and scored several major legal victories. "For example, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed with CBP that sureties are liable for penalty interest" on all customs bonds, including AD/CVD bonds, it said. The agency's Garlic Antidumping Enforcement Team also successfully defended a requirement for additional single transaction bonds with the Court of International Trade. As a result, CBP saw "shipments valued at over $5.8 million exported back to the country of origin as importers did not want to file additional bonds; shipments valued at over $6.9 million exported or destroyed; and shipments valued at over $4 million were released after an importer posted a $1 million bond with CIT," it said. CBP also highlighted the agency's enforcement on steel imports (see 1601250019).