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`Dear Secretary Yellen:
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`Please find attached the seizure and forfeiture order issued by the U.S. International
`Trade Commission pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1337(i) with respect to the importation of articles
`covered by the Commission’s general exclusion order issued in September 2020 in Certain
`Luxury Vinyl Tile and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1155. If you have any questions
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`Seizure and Forfeiture Order
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`Dax Terrill
`Exclusion Order Enforcement Branch
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`Regulation and Rulings – Office of Trade
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`Port Director
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`10426 Alta Drive
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`Spark Shop LLC
`7777 Bonhomme Ave.
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`St. Louis, MO 63105-1911
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`For complainants Mohawk Industries, Inc., Flooring Industries Ltd. Sarl,
`and IVC US Inc. in Inv. No. 337-TA-1155:
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`Paul F. Brinkman, Esq.
`Kirkland & Ellis LLP
`1301 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
`Washington, DC 20004
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`CERTAIN LUXURY VINYL TILE AND
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`COMPONENTS THEREOF
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`In the Matter of
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`Inv. No. 337-TA-1155
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`The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”) has informed the
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`Commission that (i) the owner, importer or consignee (or the agent of such person) of certain
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`luxury vinyl tile and components thereof covered by a general exclusion order attempted to
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`import the articles into the United States; (ii) Customs denied entry of the articles into the United
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`States by reason of the general exclusion order; and (iii) upon such denial of entry, Customs
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`provided the owner, importer, or consignee of the articles (or the agent of such person) with
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`written notice of the aforesaid exclusion order and the fact that seizure and forfeiture would
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`result from any further attempt to import the articles into the United States. The Commission
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`having determined, based on these and other documents provided by Customs, that the issuance
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`337(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. § 1337(i)), it is hereby ORDERED:
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`Luxury vinyl tile and components thereof that are imported in violation of the
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`general exclusion order issued in the above-captioned investigation is to be seized and forfeited
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`to the United States, if imported by the following firm: Spark Shop LLC, 7777 Bonhomme
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`Ave., STE 1800, St. Louis, MO 63105-1911, or any affiliated companies, parents, subsidiaries,
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`The Secretary shall serve copies of this order on the Secretary of the Treasury;
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`U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC; U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
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`Jacksonville, FL 32226; the firm listed in paragraph 1 above; and counsel for Mohawk
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`Industries, Inc., Flooring Industries Ltd. Sarl, and IVC US Inc., the complainants in Inv. No.
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`337-TA-1155.
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`For the Commission.
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`Issued: August 13, 2024
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