CBP Releases FY16 Statistics on AD/CV Duty Enforcement
CBP outlined its recent enforcement work related to antidumping and countervailing duties in an AD/CVD Update for November and December (here). The update includes a look at AD/CVD statistics for fiscal year 2016, during which CBP collected $1.5 billion in…
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cash deposits, up 25 percent over the previous fiscal year and up 200 percent since FY 2014. Also during FY 2016, CBP hit importers with $30.6 million in monetary penalties for fraud or negligence involving AD/CVD violations and identified more than $92 million on AD/CVD discrepancies after a review of 33,000 potential violations, it said. CBP auditors found $14.7 million in AD/CVD discrepancies as part of 89 audits during the year, it said. CBP and ICE also seized 16 shipments worth more than $5.3 million for AD/CVD violations, CBP said. The Centers of Excellence and Expertise continue to play a leading role in AD/CVD enforcement (see 1608030028), with the Base Metals Center recovering in excess of $710,000 in countervailing duties "to date," CBP said. The Pharmaceuticals CEE also followed up on an inquiry from a customs broker about classification and AD/CVD advice for hydrofluorocarbons from China, it said. "Due to a high risk for evasion, the information obtained from the inquiry was used to identify other subject shipments resulting in the recovery of over $1.3 million in undeclared antidumping duties," CBP said.