CBP Previews New AD/CV Duty Evasion Regulations
CBP and the Treasury Department released a highly anticipated interim rule on Aug. 18 that creates new formal procedures for CBP investigations of antidumping and countervailing duty evasion. The notice (here), which also includes a request for public comment, is scheduled for publication in the Federal Register on Aug. 22, it said.
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They are included in new Part 165 of the customs regulations under Title 19. The regulations define evasion as entry by means of "any document or electronically transmitted data or information, written or oral statement, or act that is material and false, or any omission that is material and that results in any cash deposit or other security or any amount of applicable antidumping or countervailing duties being reduced or not being applied with respect to the covered merchandise."
The rules were required to be in place by Aug. 22, under the customs reauthorization law enacted earlier this year.