In advance of the first public meeting to be held by the 16th term of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (“COAC”), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) released a paper reporting that, as of March 2022, the agency was enforcing 652 antidumping and countervailing duty orders – nearly double the amount enforced by CBP […]
By Zachary Walker The federal government’s fiscal year (FY) 2021 concluded on September 30, 2021. Over the course of FY 2021, a total of 34 antidumping and countervailing duty petitions were filed with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission. This number is a substantial decrease from the previous fiscal year (i.e., FY 2020) […]
Federal government policy has transformed over the last decade in response to the continued presence (and proliferation) of forced labor in foreign supply chains for goods imported into the United States. Government approaches previously promoted transparency and the creation of incentives for companies to adopt voluntary measures to mitigate forced labor risks in supply chains. […]
By Colin Milner and Patrick O’Connor Antidumping (AD) and Countervailing duty (CVD) orders serve as a vital tool for U.S. domestic industries to ensure a fair market by levying import duties on unfairly traded merchandise. Newly released U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reports indicate that cases brought by Picard Kentz & Rowe LLP (PKR) […]
A complaint filed recently with the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) by Virtus Nutrition LLC challenges CBP’s decision to exclude more than $2 million of palm oil and palm oil products exported from Malaysia. Challenges to decisions by CBP to exclude merchandise under Section 307 of the Tariff Act are infrequent with the last […]