Big Honey Shipment Seized by ICE in Chicago for Suspected Duty Evasion
Federal agents seized some 60 tons of Chinese honey on June 29 from a suburban Chicago warehouse due to suspected evasion of antidumping duties, ICE said in a new release (here). "The smuggled honey was contained in 195 55-gallon drums…
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that were falsely declared as originating from Vietnam to evade anti-dumping duties applicable to Chinese-origin honey," the agency said. The seized honey likely came from the same Vietnamese exporter responsible for another 60 tons of honey recently seized by ICE (see 1605060036). The honey was allegedly imported "by a shell importer of record in New York, New York," ICE said. "Agents located the honey by combing through transportation shipping records to piece together its whereabouts."