Question: I understand the port on a 7501 can be changed as long as duties have not yet been paid. I also understand the port cannot be changed as part of a PSC. Can anyone provide the Regulations/ACE reference that states the entry port can be changed if duties have not already been paid? Thank […]
Question: It has come to our attention that a previous broker filed PSC’s due to exclusions on our product. We were very specific which lines fit the exclusion, yet the broker filed PSC on items that did not fit the exclusion resulting in CBP paying us back more than we should have received. Some of […]
Question: Can entry numbers repeat (the same entry number being used by the same broker more than once)? Our team at work is doing an exercise and discovered that the same entry numbers occur more than once within our data set. Wondering if this is an error of some sort, or whether this scenario truly […]
Question: On a 7501, have you used Country Code NU for UNKNOWN to import goods from the Germany or the EU on a 7501? ACETIR Appendix C says NU is Niue an actual Country/Territory in the Pacific Ocean, East of Tonga. Aren’t’ the ISO Country Codes Globally recognized? Today one of our German Suppliers emailed […]
Question: We have a customer who is saying that a copy of the 7501 is required for them to re-export into Mexico from the US. We have not had this asked of us before and we do a lot of re-export. Should we be sharing the 7501 with our customer? Answer 1: It sounds like […]
QUESTION: The 7501 directions say: “ country of exportation is the country of which the merchandise was last part of the commerce AND from which the merchandise was shipped to the U.S. without contingency of diversion.” So my supplier is in Switzerland and exports via one of the major parcel carriers to the USA. […]
QUESTION: We import a particleboard product from our vendor in China. Our vendor doesn’t actually manufacture the product, but they acquire it from the actual manufacturer in China . We want to confirm which party we should list on the 7501 as the Manufacturer. Should it be our vendor, or the actual manufacturer of the […]
QUESTION: We have been seeing problems with the manifest quantity matching the BOL on the 7501. The broker stated they have to use the manifest quantity in AMS as entered by the carrier in order to get a release. The goods are being released with the incorrect manifest quantity but is this something we should […]
QUESTION: Questions regarding Importers receiving 7501 entry packets from their Customs Brokers. Do your Customs Brokers provide you with electronic copies after clearance? Interested in learning processes in place for receiving them for internal audit purposes. Both the good and the bad! ———————— ANSWERS: Our broker loads the total entry packet onto a portal that […]
QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership know with certainty what customs has committed to regarding 7501 declarations appearing in ACE? For example, a declaration is accepted by customs. How many days later will that declaration be available for my IT team to extract from ACE and then load into our SAP system for auditing? It […]
QUESTION: Questions regarding Importers receiving 7501 entry packets from their Customs Brokers. Do your Customs Brokers provide you with electronic copies after clearance? Interested in learning processes in place for receiving them for internal audit purposes. Both the good and the bad! ========== Addl Answer: Yes – our brokers provide a copy of the 7501 […]
QUESTION: Questions regarding Importers receiving 7501 entry packets from their Customs Brokers. Do your Customs Brokers provide you with electronic copies after clearance?Interested in learning processes in place for receiving them for internal audit purposes. Both the good and the bad! %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: Our broker loads the total entry packet onto a portal that we […]
