Customs and Border Protection posted some reminders to drawback filers on how to stay in compliance with drawback claims, and reminded filers that noncompliant claims won’t get drawback, and the claimant can be subject to penalties. Read More

Bureau of Industry and Security announced a civil penalty against Streamlight (manufacturer or portable lighting products) to resolve violations of antiboycott provisions. Streamlight filed a VSD, cooperated, and implemented remedial measures. In 2019, they participated in a Bahrain trade show. The logistics provider required that Streamlight give them a packing list certifying that the goods…

The US is resolving a civil suit by settling with Alexis LLC, a womenswear company, for underpaying customs duties on imported apparel. This is not an admission of liability by Alexis. It resolves claims that they violated the False Claims Act by misreporting to CBP the value of apparel, avoiding the full customs duties. Read…

Precision Cable Assemblies, Global Engineered Products, and their principals paid >$10 million to resolve a whistleblower suit under the False Claims Act. This is due to failure to pay duties on goods imported from China. These companies are Wisconsin corps who allegedly submitted false commercial invoices that undervalued the imported goods from 2016-2021. Read More