Could you give us a source for these accusations referring to import papers you are talking about? I have not seen any evidence of this in even left-wing media sources.
The CEO of Gibson has said (in his YouTube clip) that they have sworn affidavits from numerous members of India’s parliament stating that Obama’s administration is misinterpreting India’s law and that Gibson acted legally.
And of course they've used it for the sides and back of acoustic guitars but (a) Gibson rarely uses rosewood as a tonewood on its acoustics, and (b) veneer is legal under India's HTC.
Even Collings Guitars, a non-union shop in Texas, which is always left off the list of other guitar companies because, perhaps, well, perhaps because it's non-union and and in a right-to-work state, so putting it on the list wouldn't support the bloggers' idea that this is entirely about unions and right-to-work states.
I think the whole East Indian Rosewood thing started because it simply looks like Gibson was trying to sneak the wood into the country.
My guess is that India adopted a Harmonized Tariff Code that says one thing and has never enforced it.
How can the US DOJ act on a US business based on Indian Law? It has no authority to enforce Indian law?
Are the individuals (at DOJ) involved personally liable, since there can be no claim that they are acting in their capacity as representatives of the US government?