Petitions Filed Requesting the Imposition of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes from the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam - Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP

On March 18, 2025, CoolSeal USA Inc., Inteplast Group Corporation, SeaCa Plastic Packaging, and Technology Container Corp. filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping and countervailing duties on the imports of Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes from the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The petition alleges dumping margins of 74.63 – 83.49% (China) and 40.85% (Vietnam). The petition identifies certain foreign producers/exporters and U.S. importers of the investigated product.

The merchandise covered by these investigations consists of Polypropylene Corrugated Boxes (“PCBs”). PCBs are boxes, totes, or other containers made of corrugated polypropylene sheets, also known as polypropylene hollow core sheets, polypropylene twin wall sheets, or multi wall sheets. Please see the petition for a more detailed description of the covered merchandise and exclusions.

The projected date of the International Trade Commission’s Preliminary Conference is April 8, 2025. The earliest theoretical date for retroactive suspension of liquidation for AD is May 27, 2025; CVD is April 7, 2025.

Please feel free to contact one of our attorneys for further information, including a complete scope description, complete projected schedule for the AD and CVD investigations; the volume and value of imports; and list of identified foreign exporters and U.S. importers.

Petition for Rulemaking Concerning the Digital Labeling of Apparel -Federal Trade Commission

Petition (pdf)
 

Federal Register Notices:

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• Circular Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products From the Republic of Türkiye: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
• Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Passive Optical Network Equipment; Notice of a Commission Determination To Review a Final Initial Determination Finding No Violation of Section 337
• Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Hydrodermabrasion Systems and Components Thereof II; Notice of a Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial Determination Granting Complainant's Unopposed Motion To Terminate Without Prejudice the Investigation Based Upon Withdrawal of the Complaint
• Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Paper Plates From China, Thailand, and Vietnam
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Certain Paper Plates From the People's Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Countervailing Duty Orders
• Mattresses From Indonesia: Notice of Court Decision Not In Harmony With the Final Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation; Notice of Amended Final Determination; Notice of Revocation of Antidumping Order; Correction
• Certain Paper Plates From the People's Republic of China, Thailand, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders
• Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
• Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Line Pipe From China
• Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Investigations, Orders, or Reviews: Forged Steel Fittings From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
• Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From Malaysia: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
• Investigations; Determinations, Modifications, and Rulings, etc.: Certain Blood Flow Restriction Devices With Rotatable Windlasses and Components Thereof; Notice of Institution of Formal Enforcement Proceeding
   

Dangerous counterfeit Botox shipments intercepted by Indianapolis CBP - U.S. Customs & Border Protection

INDIANAPOLIS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at an Indianapolis express consignment facility recently seized four packages of counterfeit Botox vials with an MSRP of $8,500 had the products been real. 

Of the four shipments, three were coming from the same shipper in Great Britain, while the fourth shipment was arriving from Indonesia. The shipments from Great Britain were manifested as “Marketing Product Samples” while the one from Indonesia was labeled as “Cosmetic Preparations”. Two of the packages were heading to different residences in Michigan, and the other two were heading to residences in California and New Jersey. In total officers seized 14 glass Botox vials (100 units), 1 glass Botox vial (200 units), and 1 glass Dysport vial (500 units).

Botox, or botulinum toxin, is restricted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and cannot be imported into the U.S. without proper documentation. CBP works jointly with the FDA to combat the importation of illegal medications and beauty products that pose health risks for consumers. The FDA provides guidance on how human drugs can be legitimately imported into the United States while meeting strict safety requirements. 

“These seizures of counterfeit Botox are one example of our collaborative efforts to ensure the American public is protected from illegal and harmful products entering the U.S. CBP urges consumers to only purchase these medications from reputable sources,” said LaFonda D. Sutton-Burke, Director, Field Operations-Chicago Field Office. “These drugs can be expensive and hard to acquire in many locations, but cheap prices are not always the safest, especially when it comes to your health and wellbeing.”

CBP enforces laws for various partner agencies. CBP targets and inspects questionable shipments being imported into the U.S. and completes enforcements action when necessary. The health risks of the products seized is concerning for multiple factors, one being the unknown ingredients. There is no guarantee the ingredients are not dangerous when purchasing from unapproved sources online. CBP recommends consumers purchase pharmaceuticals from reputable sources, and ensure they are administered by properly trained and licensed medical professionals. 

“Consumer health and safety are our key concerns when Customs and Border Protection officers enforce cosmetic imports,” said Melvin Dennis, Indianapolis, Acting Port Director. “Unapproved products that you inject could seriously hurt you. They are manufactured in unregulated and unsanitary facilities with ingredients that you cannot be sure are authentic.”

The products CBP prevents from entering the United States are those that would injure community health, public safety, American workers, children, or domestic plant and animal life, or those that would defeat our national interests. Sometimes the products that cause injury, or have the potential to do so, may seem innocent. 

CBP provides basic import information about admissibility requirements and the clearance process for e-commerce goods and encourages buyers to confirm that their purchases and the importation of those purchases comply with any state and federal import regulations.

CBP conducts operations at ports of entry throughout the United States, and regularly screens arriving international passengers and cargo for narcotics, weapons, and other restricted or prohibited products. CBP strives to serve as the premier law enforcement agency enhancing the Nation’s safety, security, and prosperity through collaboration, innovation, and integration.
 

FAA Launches Final Initiative of Runway Safety Portfolio - Department of Transportation

Runway Incursion Device will be installed at 74 airports; FAA continues rollout of Surface Awareness Initiative and Approach Runway Verification

WASHINGTON – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is rolling out an enhanced safety technology at 74 air traffic control towers. The Runway Incursion Device (RID) is the third of three fast-tracked initiatives launched out of the February 2023 Safety Call to Action to improve runway safety and reduce runway incursions.  

See for yourself: Check your local airport to see what surface safety technologies are in place here.  

The RID is a memory aid for air traffic controllers that improves safety by indicating when a runway is occupied or closed. It can identify up to eight runways and will now be a standard technology, replacing a variety of devices at control towers.   

 “The Runway Incursion Device is another vital tool to keep the flying public safe,” said Acting FAA Administrator Chris Rocheleau. “These initiatives will continue to address the needs of our controllers by cutting through the red tape and bringing the most up-to-date technologies to their fingertips.”   

RID is one of the three situational-awareness solutions in the FAA’s fast-tracked surface safety portfolio, which includes the Surface Awareness Initiative system (SAI) and Approach Runway Verification system (ARV).   

The RID is operational in four locations: Centennial Airport in Colorado, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Texas, Charles B. Wheeler Downtown Airport in Missouri and Portland International Airport in Oregon. The device will be live in Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida, Hollywood Burbank Airport in California and Boise Airport in Idaho in the next month. The FAA will deploy it at 69 other airports throughout the country by the end of 2026.  

SAI is operational at 18 airports and the FAA plans to install it at 32 others by the end of 2025. ARV is in 85 control towers, and the FAA will continue implementing it at other facilities across the nation. SAI uses Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADB-S) data to display surface traffic to controllers at airports that do not have a surface surveillance tool. ARV provides controllers with visual and audible alerts if an approaching aircraft is lined up to land on the wrong airport surface, or even the wrong airport.  

Learn how RID works: Blog - FAA Launches Improved Runway Safety Tool
 

FTC Acts to Stop ‘Click Profit’ Online Business Opportunity that Has Cost Consumers At Least $14 Million - Federal Trade Commission

Court order temporarily halts operation that falsely promised big profits through supposed AI-powered online stores

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission, a federal court temporarily halted a business opportunity scheme known as Click Profit, which took millions from consumers by falsely promising consumers that they could earn big profits through online sales.

In a complaint, the FTC alleged that Click Profit and its owners deceived consumers by promising they could make large sums in “passive income” using a proprietary system powered by artificial intelligence. The system supposedly enables consumers to sell goods through online platforms such as Amazon, Walmart, and TikTok. Click Profit also deceived consumers by claiming to be affiliated with major companies like Nike and Disney as a ploy to convince consumers to turn over tens of thousands of dollars each, according to the complaint.

“Click Profit misled consumers by falsely promising them guaranteed passive income using cutting-edge AI technology and exclusive brand partnerships,” said Christopher Mufarrige, Director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection. “Their deception caused individual consumers to lose tens of thousands of dollars while the Click Profit’s operators enriched themselves. The FTC is working to hold the defendants accountable and secure redress for their victims, who have collectively lost millions of dollars.”

In its ads, Click Profit, which also does business under the names FBALaunch, Automation Industries, and PortfolioLaunch, claimed that the business opportunity was “safe, secure, and proven to generate wealth,” and that consumers could expect profits outperforming traditional investments in ways that were consistent and predictable, according to the complaint.

Consumers who purchased the company’s business opportunity were charged a “management fee” of at least $45,000, in addition to thousands of dollars more, purportedly to buy inventory for their stores. The complaint alleges that few of these consumers see a return on their investments, much less the promised earnings. In fact, most consumers lose their entire payments, and some are saddled with burdensome credit card debt and unsold products.

Click Profit’s online advertising on social media and search ads emphasized that consumers could expect to earn six-to-eight figure income from their online storefront. According to the complaint, co-founder Craig Emslie appeared in advertisements fanning himself with wads of cash to emphasize the point of how much money consumers could expect to make.

According to the complaint, Click Profit promoted alleged testimonials from customers who made huge profits. At the same time, the company’s ads claimed that it could guarantee such income, and even implied that consumers’ online store could be bought out by venture capital firms connected with the company “at a 3-6x multiple.”

The complaint highlights actual statistics on Click Profit’s stores, which are mainly on Amazon, showing that after Amazon’s fees, more than one-fifth of the company’s stores on the platform earn no money at all and another third earns less than $2,500 in gross lifetime sales. After factoring in Click Profit’s own startup fees, ongoing charges, and “profit share” fees, most consumers are never able to recoup the costs of starting a store, much less earn the profits promised by the company.

In addition, the complaint alleges that Click Profit often takes months to open consumers’ stores, and in some cases has not opened stores at all. Even when Click Profit does open a store for consumers, the complaint alleges, many of these online stores are blocked or suspended by the selling platform. According to the complaint, Amazon has blocked, suspended, or terminated about 95% of Click Profit’s stores. In instances where consumers’ stores begin to generate revenue, Click Profit pressures the consumers into using that revenue to buy additional inventory for their stores.

Consumers have often found the company unresponsive after making their initial payments and fails to respond to consumer complaints, according to the complaint. Most consumers only received refunds from Click Profit after complaining to outside organizations like the BBB or law enforcement. The complaint also alleges that in many instances, Click Profit would threaten customers who filed complaints with lawsuits, citing an unlawful non-disparagement clause in the company’s contracts.

The FTC’s complaint charges that Click Profit, its co-founders Emslie and Patrick McGeoghean, partners Jason Masri and William Holton, and a number of associated companies have violated the FTC Act, the Business Opportunity Rule, the Consumer Review Fairness Act, and the Rule On Impersonation of Government and Businesses.

The Commission vote authorizing the staff to file the complaint was 4-0. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The court entered the temporary restraining order against the company on March 5, 2025.

NOTE: The Commission files a complaint when it has “reason to believe” that the named defendants are violating or are about to violate the law and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. The case will be decided by the court.