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Washington - U.S. Customs and Border Protection paid out $264 million in fiscal year 2007 antidumping and countervailing duties to U.S. industries that petitioned the federal government for relief from unfairly traded imports that sold in the United States at less than fair value. The list of all recipients and the amounts they received is posted on CBP’s Web site. ( CDSOA FY 2007 )

The Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA), also known as the Byrd Amendment, requires CBP to disburse antidumping and countervailing duties to domestic producers injured by foreign dumping and subsidies.

Antidumping duties are imposed upon imported merchandise that the U.S. Department of Commerce has found is, or is likely to be, sold in the United States at less than its fair market value. Countervailing duties are imposed upon imported merchandise that Commerce determines benefits from actionable subsidies bestowed by a foreign government. In all antidumping cases, and in most countervailing duty cases, these duties are assessed only if the U.S. International Trade Commission determines that the imported goods cause material injury or the threat of material injury to a domestic industry.

CBP processed more than 14,000 claims during fiscal year 2007.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.