Earlier this month, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey announced (http://www.justice.gov/) that John Sandiford, the managing director of a New Jersey-based wooden bedroom furniture importer, had pled guilty to one count of importing merchandise from China by means of false statements. The bill of information filed in the criminal proceeding alleged that […]
CBP Authority to Address Risk to Revenue by Dumped Merchandise Under Attack
The problem of assessed antidumping duties that cannot be collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) has been an increasing problem undermining the effectiveness of relief against unfair trade in the United States. Through fiscal year 2012 – the last year for which data are available – CBP reported a total of nearly $1.8 […]