CBP Initial Determination Malaysia Transshipping February 2022 | Page 29

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Flowery Stone is [ ]. 252 The owner of Durian is Gefeng Li , [ ].

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Nio ’ s address is 17800 Castleton St ., Ste 665 , City of Industry , CA 91748 . 254 This is also the address for Durian , 255 and one of the addresses for [ company ]. 256 Artist Kitchen , MS Stone and Nio Home Depot all share an address at 90 State St , Suite 700 , Office 40 , Albany , NY 12207 . 257

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[ ], Flowery Stone , Nio and [ ] also share an email address ,

ARKLUSA @ vip . sina . com . 258 CBP notes that Sina . com is a Chinese based email provider , and the word “ ARK ” appears in the importers ’ email address . 259 MS Stone ’ s contact email address is OP5 @ ARK-TRANS . COM . 260 An examination of the webpages of Ark Trans , and Mr . Huang ’ s Ark Trans email address , indicate that its domain name is “ ark-trans . com .” 261 As such , MS Stone ’ s email address is a direct link to Ark Trans . Nio Home Depot has a second email address which is evianstone @ qq . com . 262 As discussed above , Evian Stone is a Chinese QSP producer , and the CEO is Mr . Huang . MS Stone ’ s second email address is msi . building . supply @ gmail . com , which is a direct link to the MSW Companies . 263

In addition to addresses and email addresses , these companies also share a phone number . The phone number for Flowery Stone , Nio , Nio Home Depot , and MS Stone is 949-247-1243 . 264 Therefore , Big D , Durian , Flowery Stone , and Nio , and their DBAs Artist Kitchen , MS Stone and Nio Home Depot all share either an address , owner / contact , phone number or email , or some combination of these four identifiers ; therefore , they are linked to one another , and linked to Ark Trans and the MSW Companies .

Given the links and coordination between Ark Trans , the MSW Companies and the importers Big D , Durian , Flowery Stone , and Nio , and their DBAs , with respect to shipments between Malaysia and the United States , CBP finds that Ark Trans coordinates and / or controls these importers in its transshipment schemes .

b . Agrostone and Changing Trade Patterns

Ark Trans appears to have shifted its evasion scheme away from the MSW Companies and now appears to be using Agrostone , or its affiliates , as suppliers for Chinese-origin QSP .

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See U . S . Importers Memo at Identifier Information .
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See Durian Allegation at Exhibit 4 .

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See U . S . Importers Memo at Identifier Information .

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See U . S . Importers Memo at “ Incorporation Documents .”

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See U . S . Importers Memo at Identifier Information .

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See U . S . Importers Memo at “ Sina . com .”

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See U . S . Importers Memo at Identifier Information .

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See Malaysian Companies Memo at Ark Trans .

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See U . S . Importers Memo at Identifier Information .

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See U . S . Importers Memo at Identifier Information .
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