Recent CIT rulings focus on a unique aspect of U.S. trade remedy law used by exporters and importers to evade the payment of antidumping and countervailing duties. When requested by shippers not previously involved in ongoing trade remedy proceedings, the Commerce Department “shall” review their sales behavior and assign them individualized duty rates that must […]
Surge of enforcement and surety-related cases filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade in the first half of 2011
Twelve new enforcement actions were filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) in the first six months of 2011. The government is commendably increasing its efforts to investigate and prosecute duty evasion. These cases involve multiple circumvention schemes, such as mislabeling in Kenpo Jeans and Active Frontier Int’l where merchandise was identified as […]