About Beril Lapson

Beril Lapson, a founding partner of Trade Resources Analytics, LLC, is a leading authority on cost of production and sales response methodologies for antidumping investigations before the U.S. Department of Commerce. He is an expert in cost accounting and international transfer pricing issues. Beril Lapson has participated in almost 200 antidumping and countervailing duty matters in the United States and in other jurisdictions and has served as an expert witness on cost accounting in arbitration proceedings. He has published articles on cost-of-production, transfer-pricing and antidumping issues. Beril Lapson has also worked with counsel in US Customs review activities. Previously, Beril Lapson was employed by a major accounting firm and served as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Commerce, conducting some of the earliest cost of production verifications and analyses for the Department. Prior to that Beril Lapson was an engineer engaged in R&D in telecommunications. Beril Lapson holds an MBA degree and advanced engineering degrees, all from Columbia University. He is a life member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).