CBP to Begin Accepting AD/CV Duty Evasion Claims in E-Allegations Portal Soon
CBP will begin accepting Enforce and Protect Act allegations of antidumping or countervailing duty evasion through its e-Allegations portal (here) in December, the agency said in an overview of investigations of such allegations (here). Since an interim final rule on…
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the processes for investigation of AD/CV duty evasion went into effect (see 1608190014), CBP has accepted allegations through a dedicated email address. Instructions for allegation submissions through the portal are also now available (here). The overview also provides some insight into the agency's basis for deciding whether an allegation "reasonably suggests" evasion occurred, as required under EAPA. "Evidence of importation, without more evidence to show the type of evasion being alleged, is not sufficient to reasonably suggest evasion," the agency said. There's been some question about the specifics of that EAPA standard after CBP declined to investigate one of the first allegations submitted under the new procedures (see 1611210053).