§4392 Annual report on prevention and investigation of evasion of antidumping and countervailing duty orders

Summary

Each year, by January 15 (starting with the first calendar year that begins at least 270 days after February 24, 2016), the Commissioner (head of U.S. Customs and Border Protection), working with the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, must send a report to the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee. The report must describe what is being done to stop and investigate covered goods coming into the United States by evading antidumping and countervailing duties. The report must cover the previous calendar year and include a short summary of CBP’s prevention and investigation work; how many evasion allegations were received (including those under section 1517(b)) and how many led to investigations; the number, type, and results of investigations; the extra duties found to be owed and how much was collected (with reasons if duties were not collected); any penalties and their amounts; which countries the evading goods came from; and the amount of duties collected because of these actions. It must also describe staff and resource use, training, and CBP’s procedures for handling evasion claims, evaluate how well those procedures work, note any changes since the last report that affected effectiveness, explain bond policies for imports, describe cooperation with Commerce, ICE, and other agencies, and list any recommended agency or law changes. A public summary must list the types of goods investigated under section 1517(b), the extra duties found and collected, the countries of origin, and the main measures CBP used to prevent and investigate evasion.