CBP's “claim of 'forced labor, abuse of crew members and withholding of pay' is fabrication that is totally inconsistent with facts,” China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during a May 31 news conference in response to a question about a withhold release order issued against the Dalian Ocean Fishing Company. The company “has never sold any products to the U.S., and there's nothing to detain in the first place,” he said.
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CBP's “claim of 'forced labor, abuse of crew members and withholding of pay' is fabrication that is totally inconsistent with facts,” China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said during a May 31 news conference in response to a question about a withhold release order issued against the Dalian Ocean Fishing Company. The company “has never sold any products to the U.S., and there's nothing to detain in the first place,” he said.
CBP issued a new withhold release order on seafood harvested by vessels owned or operated by the Dalian Ocean Fishing of China, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on a May 28 call with reporters. CBP previously issued WROs on specific vessels, but this one is the first to apply to a full fleet, he said. Dalian's fleet includes 32 vessels, he said.
CBP is investigating Vivaldi Commercial and Vivaldi Interiors over allegations that the companies evaded antidumping and countervailing duty orders on quartz surface products from China, the agency said in a May 10 notice it recently posted. CBP began the investigation in response to allegations filed by Cambria Company, represented by Luke Meisner of Schagrin Associates.
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CBP announced the calendar year 2021 tariff rate quota for tuna in airtight containers. It said 18,345,004 kilograms of tuna in air-tight containers may be entered and withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during 2021, at the rate of 6% under HTS subheading 1604.14.22. Any such tuna that is entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption during the current calendar year in excess of this quota will be dutiable at the rate of 12.5% under HTS subheading 1604.14.30.
Three rubber gloves makers, an electronics manufacturing company and an event management company, all based in Malaysia, are the subjects of recent petitions to CBP alleging the use of forced labor and are being investigated by the agency, said Andy Hall, a British human rights activist who filed the allegations. Hall said he previously filed an allegation against Top Glove, which is now subject to a CBP finding that forced labor is in its supply chain (see 2103260028) and has had at least two big shipments seized as a result (see 2105120039 and 2105040041).