Plastic bags falsely claim that Chinese importers have been charged
Plastic bags falsely claim that Chinese importers have been charged
The us government has alleged that the state's Sigma company, which is alleged to have falsified records, told us customs that the seven batches of plastic bags shipped from China to Los Angeles/long beach in September 2009 were all fruit and vegetable bags. The us government has filed a $1.5m lawsuit against the importer accusing it of misrepresenting imports from China to avoid anti-dumping duties.
The U.S. government on June 22nd in the filed of public prosecution also mentioned that one of the biggest manufacturer of plastic sheet and plastic film in North America, name similar to that of Florida Sigma Plastics Group, a company statement, without anything to do with the California company, and the legal action for trademark infringement.
A 3 percent tariff on a fruit and vegetable bag is needed, while a Chinese import of plastic retail portable shopping bags will require an additional 77.5 percent of the tariff, according to the U.S. government's anti-dumping investigation.
In its complaint, the plaintiffs said the company had paid $264,000 in taxes for its imports of fruit and vegetable bags.
It said "the defendant made two sets of invoices (a set of internal reserves, said all inputs contain PRCB, while another set of submitted to U.S. customs and border protection, said inputs only contain plastic fruit and vegetable roll bags), despite the fact and difference, ignore the legal obligations."
The American government, to the Sigma company and Eve Farlin Ng, President and vice President Tjun Hong a fine of $775000, equivalent to the plastic bags plus $529000 in sales in the United States (tax evasion amount 2 times).
The bags are produced by China's xiamen ruiying plastic co., the complaint said.
Information on various purchasing websites shows that "a Canadian funded" company was established in xiamen, fujian province in 1985 to produce LDPE and HDPE plastic bags for export to North America, Europe and Japan.
Staff at Sigma's California office answering the phone said the company did not comment on the matter.
In Florida's Sigma Plastics Group company sales of $2.6 billion, there are 43 factories in North America, said in a statement on June 24, "Sigma Plastics Group, a company no matter the past or now, and by the federal government public prosecution of Sigma Plastic Inc., a company has nothing to do. The company said: "the company will take all legal means to defend its rights against the fact that the company has blatantly appropriated the 37-year-old word-of-mouth trademark of the division.
