Trade Cases
February 16, 2016
Trade Evasion Concerns Addressed by Enforcement Act
Written by Sandy Williams
Last week, the Senate passed the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (TFTEA). The bill contains important provisions of the Enforcing Orders and Reducing Customs Evasion (ENFORCE) Act that have been promoted by the U.S. steel and manufacturing industries to combat evasion of antidumping and countervailing duties .
Evasion is defined as failing to declare imports as subject to an AD/CVD order or declaring imports as subject to a lower AD/CVD rate. It also occurs when products are purposely shipped to a country not subject to duties (or to lower duties) and then sent on to the U.S. with a new country of origin declaration.
