A resident of both India and New Jersey who operated jewelry companies in New York City was sentenced Jan. 23 to 30 months in prison for leading a scheme to evade customs duties on over $13.5 million of jewelry imports, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey announced. Monishkumar Kirankumar Doshi Shah had previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and operating and aiding the operation of an "unlicensed money transmitting business."
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Jan. 23, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP has released its Jan. 22 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 59, No. 4). While it contains no ruling notices, it does include one decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and two Court of International Trade slip opinions.
North America trade expert Dan Ujczo, from Thompson Hine, was expecting 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico to begin Jan. 20.
World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala asked members of the international trade community at the World Economic Forum to stop "hyperventilating" about proposed tariffs from the Trump administration while warning that tariffs won't bring about the desired effects.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Jan. 23 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on glass substrates (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1433) after receiving allegations filed by Corning Inc. that LG Electronics, Hisense, HKC and six other companies are importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a notice to be published Jan. 24.
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on bulk containers (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1434) after receiving allegations filed by Schütz Container Systems and Protechna S.A. that Chinese companies Shandong Jinshan Jieyuan Container, Zibo Jielin Plastic Pipe Manufacture, Shanghai Sakura Plastic Products (d/b/a Shanghai Yinghua Plastic Products) and Hebei Shijiheng Plastics are importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a Jan. 21 news release.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Jan. 23 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):