Question: I am familiar that at time of entry a commercial invoice or proforma is required. But years ago a customs inspector ok to use a purchase order. I am unable to locate where a purchase order would be sufficient as an entry document. Can anyone confirm? Answer 1: Remember Customs doesn’t really regulate the […]
QUESTION: Hoping the membership can weigh in on this excellent question posed to me. Facts: A Mexico maquila produced parts in Mexico and air shipped to the US buyer. The commercial invoice used between US buyer and US seller contain US sold from and US sold to addresses, so the invoice infers that the transaction […]
QUESTION: I have a question on who can make a Customs entry. Company A is an importer and files their own Customs entries in house. Company A has recently purchased several other companies who are also importers. These companies are keeping their names and identities, meaning purchased Company B will still be Company B just […]
QUESTION: If an ocean shipment arrives to the port of LA/LGB today but doesn’t berth for another 3 weeks, when are we supposed to file entry? 19 CFR 142.2 says entry must be filed within 15 calendar days after landing from a vessel …”, so I assume that means we are required to file entry […]
QUESTION: We are a self-filer. Occasionally we receive requests for documents through the ABI without an Action ID. We usually send the documents via DIS immediately. About 2-10 days later we receive an update on the entry status showing that the entry documents are required with the Action ID. Our ABI provider has told us […]
QUESTION: We are a self-filer. Occasionally we receive requests for documents through the ABI without an Action ID. We usually send the documents via DIS immediately. About 2-10 days later we receive an update on the entry status showing that the entry documents are required with the Action ID. Our ABI provider has told us […]
QUESTION: A supplier combined their items with another supplier but only provided their information to the forwarder and booked one 40 container. Therefore, only one AMS was filed with customs and we found out after the vessel sail. Forwarder can only issue one HBL because they did not know the shipment has been combined with […]
QUESTION: We have air freight arriving into JFK which is then moved inbond to our port, where customs entry is made. It has always been standard practice (as far as I’m aware) that customs entry is made after the freight has arrived at the destination port and the IT has been arrived with Customs. Our […]
QUESTION: If we find a 214 error while auditing a 7501, should we feel comfortable amending the 214 if it is 3 months old? 1 year old? Should the type of error play a role in the decision to amend – weight, value, classification? What is the risk of amending “old” e214’s? ************* Answers: If […]
QUESTION: Does anyone know if a formal import is required when shipping goods from the US to a US Territory, in particular I am looking at US Virgin Islands and Northern Mariana Islands? I’ve tried calling Customs and kept getting transferred without receiving an actual answer. I also did quite a bit of research online […]
QUESTION: I would like to ask the membership how they go about classifying sets and how they report it to Customs. An example would be a Face paint kit. The kit consists of 3 pots of face paint, a sponge, face stickers and paint brush. The essential character being the face paint itself. This is all […]
QUESTION: For shipments that travel through a Canadian port via Rail, is it true that each container is reissued a Rail Bill of Lading (B/L) and re-manifested ? We have 3 containers on one BOL. Can a broker file multiple entries to one shipment ? I was told by the broker the shipments are manifested separately […]
