EAPA investigation
Also called: Enforce and Protect Act · evasion investigation
An investigation by CBP under the Enforce and Protect Act of 2015 into whether an importer evaded anti-dumping or countervailing duties, for example through transshipment, undervaluation or misdescription. CBP can impose interim measures, such as suspending liquidation and requiring cash deposits, while the case runs.
In practice
An EAPA allegation can freeze an importer's entries quickly, so supply-chain documentation proving true origin should be ready before problems arise.
Applies to: 
USA
Related terms
- Circumvention
- Changing the pattern of trade to avoid a trade-remedy duty without real economic justification, for example by assembling goods in a third country or…
- Scope ruling
- A determination by the US Department of Commerce on whether a particular product falls within the scope of an anti-dumping or countervailing duty…
- Anti-dumping duty
- An additional duty imposed on imports sold at prices below their normal value in the exporting country, when this causes injury to domestic industry.…
- CBP
- The US federal agency within the Department of Homeland Security responsible for customs and border control, including collection of duties,…