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18 Dec 2025 Ceratizit USA LLCCeratizit USA: 54.4 million USD for misdeclared carbide products from China USACustoms €46.4m

The distributor of tungsten carbide products allegedly transshipped Chinese goods via Taiwan and declared them as Taiwanese (2020–2024), misclassified products (2015–2024) and distributed goods without country-of-origin marking. The settlement of 54.4 million USD resolves a whistleblower lawsuit; the whistleblower receives around 9.75 million USD.

What organisations can take from it

Treat origin, tariff classification and marking as three separate obligations – customs compliance that checks only one of them leaves the other risks open.

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Tariff classification, origin declarations and origin marking

Authority / court: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, und U.S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Michigan
Area of law: Sanctions and export control · Customs
Legal basis: False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729 ff. (Vergleich; Haftung nicht festgestellt)
Action: Other
Status of proceedings: final
Sector: Steel and metals
Published: 18 Dec 2025

Original amount 54,400,000 USD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 18 Dec 2025.

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Ceratizit USA LLC Agrees to Pay $54.4M to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to Evaded Customs Duties Press release of an authority

Checked against the official source on 28 Sep 2026 · Direct link

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