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Sanctions Designations and Business Advisory Issued by OFAC and the U.S. State Department

On February 23, 2024, the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) and Department of State

Continue Reading U.S. GOVERNMENT IMPOSES OVER 600 DENIED PARTIES DESIGNATIONS ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA’S UKRAINE

On January 24, 2024, the AJM Packaging Corporation (“AJM”), Aspen Products, Inc. (“Aspen”), Dart Container Corporation (“Dart”), Hoffmaster Group, Inc. (“Hoffmaster”), Huhtamaki Americas, Inc. (“Huhtamaki”), and Unique Industries, Inc. (“Unique”)

Continue Reading Petition Summary: Certain Paper Plates from the People’s Republic of China, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

On December 29, 2023, the U.S. Glass Producers Coalition (“GPC” or “Petitioner”) filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on imports of certain glass wine bottles from the

Continue Reading Petition Summary: Certain Glass Wine Bottles from the People’s Republic of China, the United Mexican States, and Chile
Washington D.C., USA - March 1, 2020: Sign of U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the building in Washington D.C., USA, the largest federal law enforcement agency.

A recent ruling analyzed whether certain functions performed in preparation for filing an entry with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) arise to the level of “Customs Business” that must

Continue Reading CBP Further Defines Customs Business in New Ruling

On September 28, 2023, Eastman Kodak Company (the “Petitioner”) filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates from China and Japan, as well as

Continue Reading Petition Summary: Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates from China and Japan –Petition for Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties

In an opinion issued on July 27, 2023, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) held that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) violated an importer’s due process rights by denying access to business confidential information relied on in making its final evasion determination under the Enforce and Protect Act of 2015 (“EAPA”). This decision marks a major victory for importers and foreign producers accused of transshipments and other forms of evasion, and it has significant implications for enforcement actions brought by CBP under EAPA and other statutory regimes, such as the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (“UFLPA”).Continue Reading Federal Circuit Rules that in EAPA Proceedings CBP Must Release Business Confidential Information It Relies Upon to Importers and Has Inherent Authority to Issue an Administrative Protective Order