CBP Posts AD/CV Enforcement Stats for FY 2012
The work of CBP and Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on antidumping/countervailing duty evasion enforcement resulted in penalties worth over $24 million, said CBP. The agency posted its AD/CV enforcement statistics for FY 2012. This the first year CBP tracked such statistics and it will continue to do so in the future, said a CBP spokeswoman.
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Highlights include:
- CBP and HSI seized 57 shipments with a domestic value of $13,681,270.
- CBP levied over 50 monetary penalties for $24,256,361 on importers for fraud, gross negligence, and negligence for AD/CVD violations under 19 USC 1592.
- CBP completed over 50 audits of importers of AD/CVD commodities and identified AD/CVD discrepancies with a value of about $41 million, and so far collected over $13 million.
- CBP in partnership with U.S. industry expanded the Trade Intelligence program and received 149 allegations of AD/CVD evasion and noncompliance.
- CBP conducted several Special Operations including Operation Piping Hot in August 2012 targeting illegal importations of steel pipe and tubing.
- CBP confirmed and took action on 15 of the alleged AD/CVD violations received during FY 2012, and found no violation or insufficient information for 11 further allegations.
CBP said it employs multiple methods at the port and national level to target AD/CVD evasion. These include import trade trend and valuation analysis, the use of targeted reviews and audits to address high-risk cases, lab testing, and special operations. Many allegations were primarily provided to CBP through CBP’s e-Allegations online trade violations reporting system, the agency said. Work continues on verifying the other AD/CVD allegations received during FY 2012.