U.S. Customs, Antidumping and CVD (WTO, FDA, USDA, Export Controls)
Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP
No. 9 Queens Road CentralSuite 2407
Hong Kong
China
+852 21372700
+852 21520730
Law Firm Overview
GDLSK is the largest U.S. law firm dedicated exclusively to Customs and international trade matters, including antidumping, import & export regulation and related issues. The firm serves foreign, domestic and multinational clients in addressing complex customs and trade issues while engineering business solutions for more efficient and cost-effective trade operations.U.S. Customs Law: GDLSK’s Customs attorneys advise clients on merchandise classification and valuation for importation into the U.S., country of origin declaration, special duty and tariff relief programs such as GSP, NAFTA, CBI, foreign trade zone and bonded warehouse operations and related duty relief programs. Our Customs attorneys are experts in the areas of quota and safeguard implementation, outward processing activities (OPA), and international sourcing and processing, particularly in the area of textiles and apparel. Our attorneys have worked closely with Fortune 500 companies around the world to reduce tariff barriers (such as duties and quotas) by establishing related and unrelated buying/selling agents, “first sale” transaction value programs and other measures to help lower or eliminate barriers to trade. Our attorneys also represent clients before other U.S. federal agencies such as the FDA, USDA, FTC, DOD and the USTR. Our attorneys appear regularly before the US Court of International Trade and the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit as well as numerous US district courts such as the Northern, Southern and Eastern District Courts of New York and related appellate courts.
GDLSK’s international trade department is perhaps the leading U.S. firm offering counsel in the area of trade regulation and unfair trade practices. GLDSK trade attorneys practice before specialized US trade agencies such as the US Department of Commerce, the US International Trade Commission and the U.S. Trade Representative. U.S. trade remedies consist of antidumping and countervailing duty measures, special 201 and 310 trade actions and related trade relief actions brought by private parties or the U.S. government against foreign producers/exporters and governments. Most of these trade remedies are brought pursuant to US obligations under the General Agreement for Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organization (WTO). GDLSK trade attorneys practice before the specialized Court of International Trade (CIT) and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC).
In addition, GDLSK is perhaps the largest U.S. law firm representing Chinese producers and resellers in antidumping actions. We maintain affiliated offices in Shanghai and Beijing and a specialist team of Chinese accountants and lawyers trained in representing firms in antidumping matters. Our specialized knowledge and experience in this area enables us to recommend and execute sourcing, importing, pricing and costing strategies that enable foreign producers and U.S. importers to limit or avoid exposure to antidumping duties. We have developed a number of methods to shield importers from the negative impact of a dumping investigation or an existing antidumping duty order. These methods can vary from straightforward re-sourcing and re-pricing to more complex internal dumping audits and corporate restructuring.
