The Coalition of American Millwork Producers (CAMP) filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Commerce and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) yesterday to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on China and Brazil for wood mouldings and millwork products. CAMP, an alliance of large and small American-millwork producers, filed antidumping charges against both countries […]

A federal grand jury indictment alleges that China Zhongwang Holdings Ltd., its former president and Chinese billionaire Zhongtian Liu and several co-defendants, including affiliate company Perfectus Aluminum, lied to U.S. Customs and Border Protection to avoid paying $1.8 billion in anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) to the U.S. The AD/CVD orders were imposed by the U.S. in […]

In February 2018, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began an investigation into Chinese companies Sun Bright International Corp. and Fair Importing Corp., over issues pertaining to antidumping (AD) and countervailing duties (CVD). Sun Bright produces aluminum profiles for doors, windows and other uses. Conducted under the Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA), the investigation has […]

The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) and the Aluminum Extruders Fair Trade Committee (AEFTC) applauds the U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s preliminary decision to impose interim measures on importers Sun Bright International Corporation and Fair Importing Corporation for participating in a scheme to evade duties using fake country of origin certificates. The report states, “In its […]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently ruled that a company importing aluminum door thresholds from China could be evading the U.S. government’s antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on extrusions from that country. On May 17, 2018, CBP announced interim measures against Columbia Aluminum Products following an investigation into violations of the Enforce […]

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint against a California company, alleging that it avoided paying $1.5 billion in tariffs by passing off illegally imported aluminum extrusions as finished products. The complaint, filed September 14, alleges that Zhongtian Liu, the founder and chairperson of China Zhongwang Holdings Lmt., is effectively the owner of […]

A year-and-a-half-long prison sentence involving the violation of aluminum extrusion orders could set the stage for future judgments. Last month, Armando Garcia-Vazquez was handed an 18-month prison sentence by a federal judge in Puerto Rico for pleading guilty to “conspiracy to smuggle goods into the United States.” Garcia-Vasquez participated in a fraud scheme to transship […]

Roughly four years ago, the Department of Commerce imposed anti-dumping and countervailing duties on imports of aluminum extrusions from China to give domestic extruders a fairer share of the market. According to one study, it’s worked out well for U.S. extruders, though the contest is far from over.