NORFOLK, Va. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized over $120,000 in “unmanifested kitchen cabinets” in Norfolk on June 23 that agents say were clandestinely imported from China.
CBP officers initially inspected the shipping container on May 18. The contents were manifested as 10 kitchen cabinets, with a declared value of $500, and 691 other items such as metal ornaments, home decorations, storage boxes, and decorative panels. Officers discovered that none of those other declared items were in the container. Instead, officers found 781 cartons of kitchen cabinets.
CBP officers detained the mismanifested shipment, which was destined for an address in Los Angeles, and consulted trade experts at CBP’s Consumer Products and Mass Merchandising Center of Excellence and Expertise…