Question: I’m in the middle of making some changes to our supply chain, I’ve run into a bit of a hiccup. Both parties (freight forwarder and broker) are wanting to charge a messenger/document turn-over fee… I don’t argue that the fee is a standard accessorial fee, but this is the first time I have had […]
Question:Block 36 of the CBP 7501 requires an owner’s declaration as to whether the goods are purchased or not purchased. We receive shipments where both types of goods are included in the same shipment. The broker’s ABI systems do not allow for multiple options to be selected in this block. How do other members handle […]
Question:I hope someone in the membership can provide me with some advice, please. Our company acquires other companies quite often and after the acquisition I am then given the job to perform 5 year reviews, 100% audits. At this time I was able to obtain all the documents except for about 30 files the brokers […]
Question:I remember being told by US Customs that if the importing invoice is in a foreign currency, that currency must be reported on the CF7501 with the applicable conversion rate into US dollars. One of our brokers is doing the conversion, by hand, on the invoice and entering via ABI, the US dollar equivalent. There […]
Question:When determining number of entries to be audited for brokers errors, what methodology do you apply?
Question:Can any of the members that are currently filing unified entry provide some best practices? Our company self-files and I think this would simplify our process but want to make sure we prepared to file unified entry. There isn’t a lot of information available regarding unified entries so it would be great if importers who […]
Question: I am hoping that the membership can help me out. Currently we have abroker who submits our reconciliations for us. All of our entries areflagged for value and the broker fee for submitting these to customs ishigh. We send a spreadsheet with entries that need adjusting but mostof our entries do not need any […]
Question: What type of sampling can be done under CBP3499 under a warehouse entry. Answer: Per Customs Regulations part 19.11(d) the goods subject to amanipulation order under form 3499 can only be cleaned, sorted, orrepacked or otherwise changed in condition (there are some CustomsDecisions on what this encompasses) but not manufactured.
Question: We’d like advice on how members (or their brokers) handle the entry writing for this situation: A binding ruling was issued making the imported item a “set”; most of the pieces in the set are made in a GSP country, but one piece is made in PRC. Assembled and shipped directly from the […]
Question: Doing some post audits personally, I realized that we were not checkingnet weights on the 7501. In my audits I found that a large portion of ournet weights were technically not accurate- not matching the weights declaredon the packing lists. Checking with my broker, turns out they were lettingtheir system pro-rate out the net […]
Question: How precise are you attempting to be with freight charges on the 7501? More specifically, how are you managing this compliance matter on imports from Canada via truck where the fuel surcharges fluctuate weekly – to/from multiple origins/destinations using multiple carriers?? It would be a full time job to track all of these variations […]
Question:Is a U.S. Company/Importer of Record permitted to provide a copy of the 7501 to the foreign shipper for any purpose including to “close out” the foreign shipper’s export license? Are there any CBP or Census mandates prohibiting providing the 7501 to foreign companies or governments?
