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Anti-dumping and countervailing duties are assessed in an honest attempt to help level the playing field for US manufacturers. This is an important function and CBP is committed to aggressive action to protect the interests of US industry. Anti-dumping and countervailing duties do have effectiveness and as a result CBP has seen an increase in evasion tactics in some areas of the trade community. Evasion tactics have included fraudulent country of origin and shipping documentation etc. This behavior by some in the trade community is rather costly to the country. Keep in mind that ADD/CVD exists to encourage buyers to source items subject to these duties from US sources or sources that are using free market pricing strategies. The August 2016 Government Accountability Report notes that in the past 15 years, $2.3 billion were not collected in ADD/CVD. That is an average of $150+ million per year! That is also a bunch of US manufacturers being harmed by these questionable evasive practices.
New regulations empower competing importers and federal agencies to call importers out for suspicion of evasive practices with regards to ADD/CVD. Now is a good time for importers to engage in self-assessment and determine what risk(s) there may be. Internal audits and continuous improvement of internal compliance processes is a mitigating factor when CBP considers penalties for importers.
Do you have self-audits regularly scheduled? Do you have extensive experience investigating applicability of ADD/CVD? We at JAS USA Inc. Compliance team have tackled these issues over and over again. We pride ourselves in being educators and showing our valuable clients the right way to handle the sometimes uncomfortable positions these types of issues can create. We are experts at building customized compliance plans, manuals and auditing schedules. Contact us today and we will be glad to help you mitigate risk!
For December, we are highlighting Jeffrey Bispham on the West Coast! Jeff has been in the industry for 26 years and remembers using a typewriter to prepare 7512's. He has always worked in the import/customs brokerage side of logistics. Jeff was adopted as part of the JAS Family when JAS acquired Tigers back in 2021 where Jeff had long tenure.
In October 2023, the JAS Forwarding (USA) Tacoma Foreign Trade Zone became an active FTZ in the JAS USA Network. Jeff became the FTZ administrator of that site and has been instrumental in building the compliance for our FTZ site on the West Coast.
Jeff enjoys all sports, although he would tell all that he has become more of a spectator than a player as the years have passed. Jeff enjoys being outdoors. But most of all, he enjoys spending time with his family. That time can often occur at the beach, or a Seattle sporting event (Mariners, Seahawks and Kraken).
Jeff is yet another great example that People Make the Difference!
In November, JAS USA Corporate Compliance team members teamed up with JAS Atlanta Branch team members to facilitate client compliance training. From left to right, Calvin Oh (Corporate Compliance), Scott Cassell (Corporate Compliance), Carlo Rebuffi (Manager of Live Animals Division-ATL), Laurie Arnold (VP Corporate Compliance), and Rishma Patel (CHB Manager-ATL). The team was able to facilitate learning on the topic of import compliance.
OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control), part of the Department of Treasury, has imposed a $1.1 Million penalty on a US individual. The panlty was issued for 75 violations of OFAC Iran sanctions.
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