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.
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.
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 21 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 18 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):
The Customs Rulings Online Search System (CROSS) was updated Aug. 15 with the following headquarters rulings (ruling revocations and modifications will be detailed elsewhere in a separate article as they are announced in the Customs Bulletin):