Antidumping Defense Group

Company Description

ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY ADVOCATES AND CONSULTANTS

The United States is stepping up its efforts to combat circumvention of its antidumping, countervailing duty, and general customs laws, and all indications point to even more vigorous enforcement in the future. Over the past few years, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized many millions of dollars in fraudulently entered goods, levied many millions of dollars in fines, and arrested numerous U.S. importers involved in fraud and circumvention schemes.

Engaging in fraud and circumvention exposes companies to the risk of seizures of shipments, imprisonment of U.S.-based associates, monetary penalties, and being banned from exporting to the United States altogether.

To avoid such consequences, companies trading in goods subject to antidumping or countervailing duty orders should lawfully participate in proceedings run by the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission. In obtaining a company-specific or separate duty rate through such proceedings, companies may secure their access to the U.S. market, in full compliance with U.S. fair trade law.

If you trade in goods subject to U.S. antidumping or countervailing duty orders, our office may assist you by:

1-Preparing and submitting a "separate rate" application, by which you may obtain your own individual duty rate, separate from the punitive "country-wide" rate.

2-Filing a "scope clarification request," by which your product may be excluded from the parameters of an antidumping or countervailing duty order.

3-Representing your interests before the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission in a full antidumping or countervailing duty investigation or review proceeding.

If your product is not yet subject to antidumping or countervailing duty orders, we may also assist you in assessing the risk of the imposition of such measures by the United States. For this, we can provide an analysis of U.S. market conditions, of industry-specific indicators of imminent antidumping or countervailing duty petition filings, and of your company's potential exposure to punitive tariff rates resulting from its U.S. pricing practices or use of government subsidy assistance.

We have very low overhead expenses, and are able to pass this savings on to you in the form of low fees.