CBP Initial Determination Malaysia Transshipping February 2022

] 7803 . With respect to entry information , Kat also did not provide many documents number

requested and was unable to tie the documents it did submit to entry [ ] 7803 . Therefore , CBP is unable to determine that the country of origin of the QSP entered by Kat was Malaysia .

On November 10 , 2021 , CBP requested from Nomadic information concerning entry number [ number date

] 8097 , entry date [ ].

⁷⁶ Nomadic submitted a timely but partial response on December 17 , 2021 . ⁷⁷ As outlined below , Nomadic ’ s response to the CF28 contains multiple discrepancies and is not complete . Therefore , TRLED is unable to rely on the information contained in the CF28 response to determine where the imported QSP was manufactured .

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Nomadic indicated the Malaysian supplier for entry [ ] 8097 is Ever Stone . ⁷⁸ As part of its CF28 response , Nomadic provided certain information regarding the QSP production

process . ⁷⁹ Specifically , it submitted [ ^number ] photographs and [ ] videos of Ever Stone ’ s QSP production equipment and factory . ⁸⁰ Nomadic also provided a narrative response describing the equipment used in production of QSP , the production capacity of the equipment , and the production process , as requested by CBP .

⁸¹ It claims that the machines used in the production of QSP are [ ^equipment ] machine . ⁸²

In terms of raw material acquisitions , Nomadic provided a partial response to the questions in the CF28 . As requested , Nomadic provided raw material purchase orders for inputs that it claims input input input input

were used in production of QSP . This includes [ ^input ], [ ], [ ], [ ], [

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], [ ], and [ ]. ⁸³ Each of these purchase orders is dated , [ ].

⁸⁴ Nomadic also provided proof of payment for each raw material , which corresponds directly to the total value listed for each raw material acquisition in each purchase order . ⁸⁵ However , this documentation ( i . e ., the raw material purchase orders and proof of payment ) is the same information that Kat submitted in its CF28 response . Further , there is no explanation to account for this in either Kat ’ s or Nomadic ’ s reporting . As such , CBP cannot rely on this information in determining where the QSP was produced and who produced it .

Similarly , Nomadic provided commercial invoices for each of the raw material acquisitions . ⁸⁶ In comparison , Kat only provided one commercial invoice for quartz sand .