CBP Issues 2nd Video on AD China Wire Hanger Transshipment - $7.8M Fine, 70 Months in Prison
On January 24, 2012, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted a second video on the conviction of a Mexican importer who was sentenced to 70 months in prison and a $7.8 million fine for the illegal transshipment through Mexico of…
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Chinese-origin wire hangers subject to antidumping (AD) duties. By falsely claiming that the hangers were NAFTA-originating, the importer avoided the high AD duties and paid a zero or low NAFTA duty instead. (See ITT's Online Archives 11102646 for summary of CBP's first video, posted on 08/29/11.)