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CBP Concludes Three More Importers Evaded Steel Wheel Duties
August 30, 2023 by Ben Perkins|Customs Rulings

Lionshead Specialty Tire and Wheel, TexTrail and TRAILSTAR evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders on imported steel trailer wheels from China, CBP concluded in the results of a recently released Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) investigation. CBP found that the three importers had entered steel wheels using false statements that they didn't contain covered merchandise even though the importers contended that they believed the wheels were out of scope.

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Court of Federal Appeals Trade activity, Country of origin cases, EAPA Litigation
Untimely Reliquidations Protect 2 Entries of Mirror-Speakers From Reclassification
August 25, 2023 by Ben Perkins|Customs Rulings

Vanity mirrors with speaker and a charging port or wireless charging pad are still classifiable in the tariff schedule as mirrors, CBP said in a recent ruling, denying an importer's protest for one entry but granting it for two others on the basis that the underlying entries were untimely reliquidated.

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Tariff classification rulings, Country of origin cases, CBP CROSS Rulings
CBP Finds Importer Evaded Steel Wheel Duties
August 24, 2023 by Ben Perkins|Customs Rulings

Vanguard National Trailer Corporation imported steel wheels from China covered by antidumping and countervailing duty orders through evasion, according to the results of a recently released Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) investigation. CBP said that Vanguard had entered steel wheels "using false statements that they didn't contain covered merchandise," despite the company's protests that it believed the wheels were out of scope.

Topics:Country of origin cases
CBP Finds Evasion in Forged Steel Fittings EAPA Investigation
August 23, 2023 by Ben Perkins|Customs Rulings

An importer of forged steel fittings told CBP it was never aware its Chinese supplier was participating in a scheme to transship forged steel fittings, covered by antidumping and countervailing duty orders, from China through Sri Lanka, yet CBP concluded its Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) investigation with the determination that the importer, YVC USA, had evaded the duties, according to a recently posted notice.

Topics:Court of International Trade activity, Country of origin cases