Evasion of AD/CV Duty Orders on Cabinets and Vanities from China
Source
AD/CV
Post Date
06/20/2022
In a final determination under the Enforce and Protect Act, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has determined that there is substantial evidence that a U.S. importer evaded the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on wooden cabinets and vanities and components thereof from China by transshipping goods through, and misrepresenting their country of origin as, Indonesia. As a result of this determination, CBP will (1) susp or continue to susp liquidation of all subject entries, (2) rate adjust entries previously exted, change those entries to type 03, and continue suspension, and (3) evaluate the importers’ continuous bonds and require single transaction bonds as appropriate. Under CBP regulations implementing the EAPA any interested party, including competing importers and federal government agencies, may submit allegations that AD/CV duties are being evaded; e.g., by misrepresenting the goods’ true country of origin, submitting false or incorrect shipping and entry documentation, or misreporting the goods’ physical acteristics. CBP has broad authority to investigate these claims and can impose initial remedial measures that can interrupt a supply chain in as little as 90 days. Any final determination of evasion may be met with not only AD/CV duties but also other enforcement measures such as civil or criminal investigations.
