CBP recently announced the following antidumping and countervailing duty evasion investigations under the Enforce and Protect Act:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 16-22:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 9-15:
CBP posted two new final determinations of duty evasion under the Enforce and Protect Act, finding that there was sufficient evidence that a garlic importer and a group of pipe fittings importers illegally avoided antidumping duties. The garlic importer, IPC International, was under investigation following an allegation filed by the Fresh Garlic Producers Association (see 1909120040). Multiple importers of carbon steel butt-weld (CSBW) pipe fittings were under investigation due to an allegation from Allied Group (see 1907190028). Both determinations were posted by CBP on March 9.
CBP asked the Commerce Department to make scope determinations in proceedings under the Enforce and Protect Act that involve plywood and diamond sawblade imports. In the diamond sawblades investigation (see 1811010023), CBP seeks a scope ruling for three combinations of inputs and sourcing. In the plywood investigation (see 1811280010), CBP seeks Commerce's opinion “as to whether the 2-ply cores of Chinese origin, which are further processed in Vietnam to include the face and back veneers of non-coniferous wood, are within the scope of the orders.” The scope referrals are both dated last year, but were recently posted by CBP.
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Several types of hotel room furniture that had been the subject of antidumping duty evasion allegations are not actually subject to AD duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890), the Commerce Department said in a scope ruling issued Dec. 31.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 23-29:
A group of interrelated diamond sawblade manufacturers and importers that had been found by CBP to be evading antidumping duties now faces allegations of racketeering in a lawsuit filed Nov. 25 in a federal court in Indianapolis. The Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers’ Coalition says the Diamond Tools Technology (DTT) and Wanbang USA, both based in the U.S., as well as China-based Wuhan Wanbang, DTT Thailand and DTT Canada, employed wire fraud and mail fraud in a conspiracy to avoid payment of AD duties.