Today I wish to address customs fraud involving a product which is found in every home and every market in the United States. but is not produced in any significant quantity in this country. This product is coffee. Not long ago. the Customs Service investigated Saks International. an international coffee importer. The Service found that Saks International was guilty of violating the International Coffee Agreement Act. They had been misrepresenting the country of origin in their imports and were therefore evading quota restrictions. The company would illegally claim that its coffee came from a country which had no coffee quota under the agreement. or from a country which had not yet exhausted its quota limits. Saks International paid the Government a $3.3 million fine in settlement of all charges.
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