An internal U.S. Customs Service report prepared in September 1983 concluded: "Widespread conspiracies exist to circum. vent quota and import requirements." In another internal document. the Customs Service states it has "identified textile im. ports as an area of consistent and persist. ent fraudulent abuse of quota and duty rates." Unfortunately. our friends in Pacific Basin countries are sources of fraudulent exports to the United States because of unscrupulous practices of some Third World countriescountries we want to help the mosttextile and apparel fraud has reached unacceptable proportions. Examples of trade fraud perpetrated on the United States include: Transshipment schemes where products made in one country are falsely marked "as to country of origin" and shipped to another. which has a liberal quota or no quota restrictions. The merchandise is made to appear that it was produced in the intermediary country. Falisfication of product classification and decription which allows Importers to evade quota restrictions on different prod. uct categories. False declarations of quantities and weights. These practices violate quota and visa restrictions because they misrepresent the actual amount imported and reported under bilateral agreements. As a result. greater quantities of goods are imported to the United States than agreed upon. These are just three examples of trade fraud which violate our laws and undermine an honest world trading system that could collapse under the weight of wide. spread fraud and mounting mistrust.
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