In an October 2019 report, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Collection of Outstanding Claims, prepared for Congress by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), the agency explained that at the close of fiscal year 2019 there were 64,761 open bills for antidumping and countervailing duties, with a total amount outstanding of US$4.472 billion. These figures represented […]
CBP’s Office of Regulations and Rulings Is Undermining EAPA in Decisions They Don’t Want You to See
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) website informs the public that on May 17, 2018, after initiating an Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) investigation of certain import transactions of Columbia Aluminum Products, LLC (Columbia) to determine whether the company had evaded the antidumping duty order on aluminum extrusions from the People’s Republic of China (Case […]
Uncollected Antidumping and Countervailing Duties Exceed $3 Billion in FY2017
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Report to Congress, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Enforcement Actions and Compliance Initiatives: FY 2017, has now been publicly released by the Department of Homeland Security. The report confirms that the antidumping and countervailing duty laws have become increasingly important for American industries, with antidumping and countervailing […]
Court of International Trade Rejects Importer’s Efforts to Collaterally Challenge Application of China Countrywide Antidumping Duty Rate
In Northern Tool & Equipment Company, Inc. v. United States, an importer (Northern Tool) challenged U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) assessment of a 383.6 percent antidumping duty assessment rate on eight entries of hand trucks from the People’s Republic of China brought into the United States between December 2007 and June 2008. Northern Tool […]
Court of International Trade Hobbles an Essential Enforcement Tool
As U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) endeavors to improve enforcement of U.S. trade laws, the option of imposing a single entry bond (“SEB”) requirement on certain types of shipments (or with respect to certain importers) has become much more important. CBP’s enforcement initiatives are, by necessity, largely retrospective in nature. When the agency suspects […]
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