Tim Warren

Two importers of steel grating from China didn't declare the goods as subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders as required, CBP said in a recently posted notice of determination. CBP made the determination following an allegation from Hog Slat that prompted an investigation into Ikadan System USA and Weihai Gaosai Metal Product under the Enforce and Protect Act. The investigation involved entries of "galvanized steel Tri-Bar Floor product (tribar floors), composed of rolled steel rods welded to another steel cross rod (i.e., a product of two or more pieces of steel joined together by assembly)," CBP said.

A selling agent working as intermediary between European wineries and U.S. wine wholesalers has enough of a financial interest to be the importer of record, CBP said in a June 30 ruling. Quality Brand Imports requested a ruling from CBP on whether it is able to serve as the IOR even though it never acts as a buyer or takes ownership of the goods, acting only as a facilitator.in the import and sales process.

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Coinciding with an increased use of CBP's Enforce and Protect Act process for investigating possible antidumping and/or countervailing duty evasion is a feeling among importers that EAPA action is largely skewed toward the alleger. “Typically, the first notice the importer receives is after the agency has already accepted the allegation and imposed draconian ‘Interim Measures’ that treat the importers’ goods as subject to anti-dumping and countervailing duties, a process" that "has proven to be massively unjust,” Mary Hodgins, a lawyer at Morris Manning, said by email. The process is facing increased scrutiny, with several lawsuits that raise due process questions making their way through the courts.

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CBP will take a closer look at entries of imported xanthan gum brought in by A&A Pharmachem Inc. USA as part of an investigation under the Enforce and Protect Act, the agency said in a May 27 notice it posted on June 3. The investigation followed an allegation filed by CP Kelco, through Greenberg Trauring lawyer Matthew Kanna, that said A&A evaded antidumping duty order A-570-985 on xanthan gum from China, CBP said. CP Kelco is a domestic producer of the product.

CBP may issue a penalty of up to $1.3 billion to Ford Motor Co. related to the company's classification of passenger wagons that were converted to Ford Transit cargo vans, Ford said in a June 3 Securities and Exchange Commission filing. "If such a claim is brought, CBP indicated that the penalty it may seek could be as much as $652 million to $1.3 billion," the company said. "In the event a penalty is ultimately imposed against us, the amount would be based on our level of culpability as determined by the courts. We intend to vigorously defend our actions and contest payment of any amounts set forth in the pre-penalty notice."