Entry

Questions and answers about Entry

  • MULTI-COUNTRY IMPORT AND NAFTA CLAIM

    Question: What is the correct way for declaring on an entry from Canada to the US for a multipack item that includes 12 ballpoint pens made in Canada and 6 ballpoint pens made in China. The 12 pens from Canada qualify for NAFTA.   Can Nafta be claimed on the 12 pens only? ========== Answers: […]

  • CONSOLIDATED ENTRY SUMMARY

    Question: Are any of the members consolidating their entry summaries as allowed under 19 CFR 142.17 (combining individual entries on to one consolidated summary?)  If yes, does the MPF cap on the summary at $485? ************** Answers: Yes, the cap on a consolidated entry is $485.  This will change however when the new MPF restructuring […]

  • EXPORT COUNTRY ON 7501

    Question: We purchase from a company in China who has a location in Hong Kong. The items we purchase physically ship from the location in Hong Kong, though their country of origin is China.  A part of our purchase agreement is that we agree to pay the Chinese company for the transport costs from China […]

  • SEPARATE HOUSE BILL ENTRY

    Question: I’m not familiar with master bill of ladings and house bill of ladings and don’t quite understand them. A supplier shipped 3 containers under one commercial invoice. All containers departed on the same vessel. The shipment ended up being booked under 3 separate master bills and therefore my broker is telling me  that 3 […]

  • ENTERED VALUE ERROR

    Question: There was an obvious typo made by the courier upon entry.   The entry summary lists the value at $126000. Throughout the rest of the documents the value is listed $12,600.00 Someone created a typo and we can’t get the courier  to correct it. This caused a serious duty charge upon import, that our […]

  • ENTRY ERROR RATE MONITORING

    Question: We are a self-filer. When we find an error on our US Customs entry prior to the summary date we re-transmit the entry with the corrections. Does CBP monitor the rate of re-transmissions and inform the filer if the rate of these re-transmissions is too high? If so, what would be an unacceptable rate […]

  • 7501 RELATED PARTY INDICATOR

    Question: We are the owner of goods which are stored in a third party warehouse in Canada which are routinely imported into the US. The goods are moved from the third party warehouse to the US destination, but since we are the owner of the goods, no sale takes place. The shipper on the BOL […]

  • SEC 321 ENTRIES

    Question: Can a section 321 entry be amended? We have a shipment that crossed the Canadian border, the commercial invoice provided with the shipment does not have the correct value on it. The correct value is above $200.00. Can this entry be amended? If so, how do you go about doing it.  The entry has […]

  • 7501 IOR ADDRESS

    Question: Is there a preference or regulation that dictates what address to use for Block 26 on the 7501 for the IOR name and address? Situation:  Entries for my company shows the address for the corporation as either the physical address from the bond or the mailing address from the bond.  This is different than […]

  • IN-BOND ENTRY PROCESSING

    Question: My company has asked our broker to clear our goods as soon as possible on our entries arriving via air freight. When shipment is coming directly to the port of entry they can clear wheels up.  But they are arguing that they cannot transmit the entry via ABI for an air shipment that is […]

  • IN-BOND ENTRY PROCESSING

    My company has asked our broker to clear our goods as soon as possible on our entries arriving via air freight. When shipment is coming directly to the port of entry they can clear wheels up.  But they are arguing that they cannot transmit the entry via ABI for an air shipment that is moving […]

  • B/L AND ENTRY FILING AFTER ACQUISITION

    Question: Our public company has recently been purchased by a private equity firm and as we get closer to finalizing the sale it has been brought to my attention that the bank is requesting our BOLs be consigned to them so that in the event our company defaults or decides to close our doors they […]