Uncollected AD Duties Cost U.S. Furniture Manufacturers Millions, CBP to Blame, Says NY Senator
A New York Senator heartily criticized CBP for being “asleep at the wheel” and failing to collect millions in antidumping duties on illegal Chinese wooden furniture imports May 29, and said the agency should publicly identify and collect the fees…
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immediately. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., condemned CBP outside Stickley Furniture in Manlius, a town southeast of Syracuse, NY. CBP’s negligence costs furniture manufacturers “tens of millions of dollars across the country, and it is felt deeply at home where Stickley Furniture, one of Central New York’s landmark companies, has been denied an estimated $2 million dollars in uncollected fees,” he said. In a statement, Schumer said he previously worked to impose AD duties on companies unfairly competing with domestic furniture producers. CBP, however, has not collected the fees, failed to disclose which companies are hurt by the AD evasion and failed to reveal how much the companies are owed. “I am calling on the CBP to swiftly reconcile the damages owed to Stickley so they can expand production, maintain and grow their workforce,” Schumer said. CBP didn't comment.