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Jeffrey Renautcustoms brokerage firm A & A Ltd.

We are a Customs Brokerage firm, with several seafood import clients which one you have listed in violation of subject No. Korean labor laws.

The CN manufacturer is: Dalian Haiqing who we do not have in our database which they would be if in fact we cleared a shipment from them.

Our client thinks you’re in error and are concerned being they have national chains who saw your report and are inquiring if they are in violation.

Would you be so kind to offer proof our client has in fact received product from this Dalian Haiqing outfit.

Last thing they need is to injured due to this article, e…

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To answer your question and for us to check the supply-chain information possibly tying your "client" to the named plant in China we would need you to tell us who the client is. Otherwise we have no way of checking into the matter. Do advise and we will look into the issue.

Jeffrey Renautcustoms brokerage firm A & A Ltd.

Thank you for your quick response.

Importer is: Eastern Fisheries, Inc. 214 Samuel Barnet Blvd. New Bedford, MA 02745

Prior to 2023 the street address was: Eastern Fisheries, Inc. 14 Hervey Tichon Avenue New Bedford, MA 02740

Thank you

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Thanks for sharing additional information about your client, Eastern Fisheries Inc.

According to publicly available trade records sourced from Import Genius, Eastern Fisheries has imported four shipments of seafood from Dalian Haiqing between 2019 and 2021. This includes imports of seafood products such as frozen flounder fillets, frozen haddock fillets, and frozen pacific cod fillets.

Two of these shipments were sent directly from Dalian Haiqing Food on August 27, 2019 and July 7, 2021. The other two shipments were sent by Dalian Far Eastern Shores Seafood, but on behalf of Dalian Haiqing F…

Jeffrey Renaut

Thank you very much for this information.

Jeffrey Renaut

Eastern Fisheries has reached out to Dalian Far Eastern Shores Seafood (DFE), regarding these four shipments.

DFE explained at the time of these four shipments, due to tightening of vessel space shippers were allotted weekly volumes. For each of these shipments DFE had already used their weekly allotment and their forwarder used Dalian Haiqing’s contract numbers to book with OOCL and Evergreen, being Dalian Haiqing was below their weekly allotment.

As a result, the attached bills of lading do not reference Dalian Haiqing in the shipper’s box, albeit the corresponding arrival notices do. We b…

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Thanks again for your engagement on this matter."