AD/CV DUTIES: LOST IN THE TRANSLATION?
EXPORTERS TO THE US MAY HAVE LOST THEIR WAY RELYING ON CHINESE IMPORTS
We recently had a file come across our desk where a Canadian company was trading in Chinese products and marginally manufacturing them for export to the United States (US). The company ultimately came under scrutiny from the United States Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) concerning potential duties. But not the kind of "duties" that everyone is concerned with today (i.e., neither the "Trump Tariffs" or Canada's "Retaliatory Tariffs").
USCBP was concerned with Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duties on the Chinese goods – totalling almost 200% based on the landed cost of the goods being exported to the US from Canada.