Import

Can someone from the membership share with me there Over/Short/Damaged procedure.

It is my understanding that an entry is flagged for recon in the ABI header record. Are you able to see the recon flag on the 7501? If so, what block number is it supposed to be in? From what I can find in the CATAIR, there is no specific block number mentioned.

Would anyone be able to provide me information regarding liquidation notices provided by the Department of the Treasury U.S. Customs Service? On occasion, we will receive a liquidation notice titled “Courtesy Notice,” Customs Form 4333A (041593), listing a U.S. Customs Service port along with a filer code, batch number and liquidation amount. Nowhere does it […]

Does anyone know of a way to get a report of liquidated entries for specified time periods, that also shows the entered and liquidated values? Right now we are only receiving the old carbon notices, but due to the fact that our import business has increased exponentially over the past few years, using those notices […]

Gray Market or Parallel Imports I would like to ask the membership of how Gray Market or Parallel Imports are handled within their own organization. Can best practices be provided for handling of these unauthorized shipments.

We have approximately 5000 entries per year (or 80% of imports) from our Maquila operation in Mexico. Our company used to have a Customs Compliance Department near the Mexican border (the satellite office still exists along with supply management, purchasing, engineering, etc., but since has since moved the Customs compliance department to a mid-western state. […]

Today I received an Order to Transfer Merchandise for Public Auction for product that has been GO since last December. What courses of action do we have available to us? If we are able to retrieve the merchandise are there fines and penalties to acquire our merchandise? Also, is anyone aware of a way to […]

Our company uses a carrier that offers a consolidated clearance logistics product allowing you to group several shipments destined for one country into a single consolidated shipment. This enables consolidated customs clearance using a single importer of record and then the individual packages go straight to the customer. However, we have faced roadblocks when trying […]

We import industrial components into the US from several countries into consigned inventory locations. Payment terms are triggered when the goods are pulled from the consigned inventory location. Recently, we’ve run into transactions from India and China, which we have been told have requirements that the vendor be paid within a set time from export. […]

Scenario… a foreign owned and flagged Boeing 737 flies over to the USA, makes a refueling stop in another foreign nation prior to arriving in the USA. It’s a ferry flight with only employees and/or crew on board. The purpose is the aircraft is being used domestically for seasonal charters by US companies for both […]

Does anyone here know the Customs requirement and the standard procedure for charitable importation to USA. Thank you!

My company is now in discussions about the possibility of going to a Vendor Managed Inventory process with our related foreign vendor. The vendor would be required to keep a set supply of inventory at our facility in the US. Title would transfer when the item is pulled from the storage location. Is there anyone […]