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6 California Companies Ordered to Pay $1.83 Billion for Helping Skirt AD/CVD
April 12, 2022 |Penalties and Courts

A federal judge ordered six companies in Southern California to pay $1.83 billion for their role in a scheme to skirt $1.8 billion in antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum, disguised as "pallets," exported to the U.S., the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California announced. Two aluminum companies and four warehousing businesses, all related to each other, were sentenced to five years' probation and ordered to pay $1.83 billion in restitution. The companies were convicted last year (see 2108240013).

California Man Charged With Illegally Importing Reptiles From Mexico Into US
March 25, 2022 |Penalties and Courts

Jose Manuel Perez, of Oxnard, California, was charged in a superseding indictment with allegedly illegally importing over 1,700 reptiles, including 60 found in his clothes, into the U.S. from Mexico, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Central District of California said March 24. Perez faces one count of conspiracy, nine counts of smuggling goods into the U.S. and two counts of wildlife trafficking. His sister, Stephany Perez, also of Oxnard, is charged in the indictment with conspiracy.

Chainsaw Chain Importers Agree to Pay $500K Settlement Over Misclassified Imports Case
March 17, 2022 by Jacob Kopnick|Penalties and Courts

Two chainsaw chain and blade importers, TriLink Saw Chain and TriLink Global, agreed to pay $525,000 to settle allegations that the companies misclassified their imports, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Iowa said. The U.S. alleged that the importers purposely classified their chain saw chains and blades from September 2018 through June 2019 under the wrong Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading to avoid paying Section 301 China tariffs -- a violation of the False Claims Act.

Topics:Customs fraud whistleblowers
New Section 301 Lawsuits Predicted in Event USTR Extends List 1 Tariffs Past July 6
March 15, 2022 by Paul Gluckman|Penalties and Courts

July 6 marks the fourth anniversary of the List 1 Section 301 tariffs' taking effect on Chinese imports, and the 1974 Trade Act requires their expiration after four years, “unless some conditions are met,” said David Olave, a Sandler Travis associate and trade policy adviser, on a recent podcast. “No unilateral 301 action that I know has made it through the four years, so we’re about to witness trade policy procedural history,” he said.

Topics:Section 301 tariff exclusions, Customs duty