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December 2, 2014 by PKR

Department of Justice Seeks $1.5 Million in Penalties for Evasion of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Softwood Lumber

On December 1, 2014, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed suit at the Court of International Trade seeking over $1.5 million in penalties against two Quebecois companies for misclassifying numerous import entries of softwood lumber as hardwood lumber between May 2002 and August 2003. The Complaint was filed against Produits Forestiers Forexam and Scierie […]

Filed Under: Customs Tagged With: antidumping, Canada, CBP, CIT, countervailing duty, enforcement, import fraud, SLA

July 26, 2013 by PKR

Federal Circuit affirms Almond Bros. and Union Steel – after years of unnecessary uncertainty

Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit in Almond Bros. v. United States (Fed. Cir. July 1, 2013) dismissed is a challenge to the 2006 Softwood Lumber Agreement term that Canada distribute funds to members of a domestic softwood lumber industry group brought by lumber companies that were not members.  The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative […]

Filed Under: International Law, International Trade Tagged With: antidumping, CAFC, Canada, China, CIT, International Trade, nails trade, SLA, USTR, zeroing

March 15, 2013 by PKR

Federal Circuit Hears Trio of Trade Cases

On March 7, 2013, three separate three-judge panels of the Federal Circuit conducted oral argument on important international trade cases. Union Steel v. United States is the latest in the long line of challenges to the “zeroing” methodology in which the Department of Commerce calculates antidumping duty (AD) dumping margins without offsetting sales above normal […]

Filed Under: International Trade Tagged With: antidumping, CAFC, Canada, China, CIT, International Trade, lumber, SLA, USTR, WTO, zeroing

January 14, 2013 by David Yocis

CIT Rules in Enforcement Action on Softwood Lumber Agreement

In opinions issued in December 2012 (cit.uscourts.gov/SlipOpinions) and January 2013 (cit.uscourts.gov/SlipOpinions), the Court of International Trade issued important rulings in an action brought to enforce the 1996 Softwood Lumber Agreement.  Even though the 1996 SLA expired in 2001, these decisions have continuing relevance for the current SLA, which entered into force in 2006. First, some […]

Filed Under: Customs, International Trade Tagged With: Canada, CBP, CIT, enforcement, lumber, SLA

July 8, 2011 by PKR

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 […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Canada, CBP, China, CIT, enforcement, garlic trade, honey trade, import fraud, International Trade, lumber, mushrooms, seafood trade, SLA, surety

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