U.S. Customs Finds Reasonable Suspicion of Antidumping/Countervailing Duties on Quartz Surface Products From China
MINNEAPOLIS, MN -- On the heels of its affirmative decision finding tariff evasion by Simpli Home, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) has preliminarily determined that 13 U.S. importers have evaded the antidumping and countervailing duties (“AD/CVD”) on quartz surface products from China.
On January 25th, Customs found that Simpli Home was guilty of illegally transshipping Chinese quartz surface products through Vietnam to evade the payment of antidumping and countervailing duties. Less than a week later on February 1st, 2022, Customs determined that there is reasonable suspicion of evasion of AD/CVD duties on Chinese imports by 13 importers. These importers are suspected of importing quartz surface products that were made in China and then transshipped through Malaysia before entering the U.S. without payment of the duties. The 13 importers identified are: