ICE Seizes Three Container Loads of Honey for Suspected Duty Evasion
ICE officials in Chicago recently seized nearly 60 tons of honey worth over $200,000 after concluding it was falsely declared as originating in Vietnam in order to evade antidumping duties on honey from China, it said in a press release…
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(here). A domestic honey packer had notified ICE that it suspected private lab reports associated with the honey shipment had been altered, said ICE. A sample of the shipment was sent to the CBP lab in Savannah, which determined the honey had a 99 percent chance of originating in China. The investigation continues to determine who altered the private laboratory reports, said ICE. The agency has “stepped up its efforts regarding commercial fraud investigations that focus on U.S. economic, and health and safety interests,” it said.