US Customs increases textile trade enforcement measures in Q3
27-9-2021
US CUSTOMS INCREASES TEXTILE TRADE ENFORCEMENT MEASURES IN Q3
Textile and apparel goods are
susceptible to fraud due to their high duty rates.
Textile and apparel goods have some of the highest
duty rates of all commodities imported into the US making them susceptible to
fraud. Textile risks include: schemes designed to circumvent textile tariff and
trade laws include false invoicing, false marking and labelling, false claims
of origin, illegal transshipment, misdescription, undervaluation, false
declarations of right to make entry, false trade preference claims, and
outright smuggling.
Therefore, textiles have long been a CBP Priority
Trade Issue (PTI) for enforcement efforts.
In the third quarter, CBP collected
US$701m in Section 301 duties compared to $697m in the prior quarter.
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Cargo examinations were up, totalling 3,946 from 3,578
in the second quarter of the financial year. 12 audits were also completed, up
from ten a quarter prior, while one special enforcement operation was
completed.
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