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 […]
Gordon Quoted in Article Regarding Hearst Newspapers Investigation of Antidumping Duty Fraud
The San Francisco Chronicle today published an article reporting the results of a far-reaching Hearst Newspapers investigation into the fraudulent and illegal evasion of payment of antidumping duties on a variety of different products. The article analyzes illegal evasion of trade remedies on four different groups of imported products: fresh garlic, honey, glycine, and canned […]
Commerce Assigns 25.76% Antidumping Margin to Vietnamese Shrimp Exporter; Reopens Record of Sunset Review Completed in 2010
The U.S. Department of Commerce today published its final results of the reconducted 2008-09 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on shrimp from Vietnam for the exporter Grobest & I-Mei Industrial (Vietnam) Co., Ltd. (“Grobest”). Commerce in 2010 assigned Grobest a 3.92% rate based on the examination of other companies. Grobest successfully challenged Commerce’s refusal […]
Gordon Joins PKR as Partner
Adam H. Gordon, a seasoned international trade and customs attorney, today joins Picard Kentz & Rowe as a partner. He brings two decades of experience litigating and representing clients before federal agencies and reviewing courts. His accomplishments include antidumping duty orders that protect the domestic nails industry against unfairly traded imports from China and the […]
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 […]