Import

Questions and answers about Import

  • CAPE refund was too high

    Question: Our CAPE refunds started showing up on ES-022 today, but some entries are exactly twice what they should be.  Doing further analysis, it looks like CBP double refunded some entries. How do we address this?  Will they bill us for the overage?  I assume we’ll have to return it somehow….so, how? Answer 1: Check the […]

  • CAPE filed in error

    Question: I have a pile of entries that I had requested a parcel carrier to correct the entries (mostly missed USMCA claims).  They take 90-180 days to do this…par for the course.  I am IOR.Fast forward to today and I see that they FILED A CAPE CLAIM for these!!!!   This is WRONG.  I didn’t authorize […]

  • Liquidation protests and CAPE

    Question: If we filed a bunch of protests on entries that liquidated but were still within the 180-day period, do we need to withdraw those protests before next Monday’s CAPE unveiling? Answer 1: ProtestsIf a protest has been submitted solely for IEEPA refund purposes and the entry summary is within 80 days of the liquidation […]

  • Upcoming import of Butter from France to USA

    Question: My company is looking to import butter from one of our customer to be tested for a certain ingredient. We have not imported a food item before (nor one of that perishable). I reached out to our broker and they advised that we would need a USDA permit to import dairy products. I have […]

  • CAPE Filings and previous Protests

    Question: Like a lot of you, we filed such preemptive protests to keep certain entries from final liquidation while the CAPE process was being developed.We filed our Phase 1 filing with everything that was allowed (non-liquidated and liquidated within previous 80 days) at the time. But what do we do now?  Everything else of ours is […]

  • CAPE errors UNABLE TO CALCULATE DUTY and STATEMENT PROCESSING NOT COMPLETE

    Question: If you got these errors on some of your CAPE lines, what are you doing about them?  Waiting?  Submitting again on a different application?UNABLE TO CALCULATE DUTYSTATEMENT PROCESSING NOT COMPLETE Answer 1: An April PMS statement does not show a collection status of PAID yetYour Collection status must show PAID not Not Paid or […]

  • CAPE and timing

    Question: We protested a bunch of IEEPA entries that were within 180 days post-liquidation.Now we read that CAPE will accept unliquidated and liquidated (so long as no more than 80 days past liquidation). Questions:Do I need to remove any that qualify as “less than 80 days” from the open liquidation protest and, if so, how?  I […]

  • How many CAPE filings will you make?

    Question: I read that they will be doing batch refunds, not entry level.  So I’m assuming that, if I submit a large number of entries on a CAPE filing, it might be very hard to allocate each one across all the entries (because they’re going to include interest).So what are YOU going to do?  One […]

  • Goods for repair between US and Canada 9801 and 9992

    Question: If I ship something from my Canada facility to my US one for repair, is this true? The US import is duty free under 9801.00.1012 (provided it complies with the 9801 criteria) The subsequent CA import is duty free under 9992.00.00 (the US is a listed country) These items are NOT qualified for the […]

  • ACE Reports and Protests

    Question: Will successful Protests eventually be reflected on my ES-003?We’ve successfully Protested a number of entries for various reasons and want to make sure that we have current data as we keep up with our IEEPA spend. Answer 1: Yes, you will note that the Entry Summary Version Number will read 1.01 versus 1 and […]

  • 232 Aluminum Derivative – always using Unknown

    Question: If we are willing to use Unknown and pay the 200% on all of our Sect 232 aluminum derivative imports, will that cause a red flag with CBP? Answer 1: Honestly, probably not.If you were doing this on the material the smelt and cast was originally intended for – i.e. actual aluminum rod, bar, […]

  • Identifying IEEPA HTS numbers on ES-003

    Question: Looking for a good way of identifying all IEEPA tariff numbers at the 10-digit level.Haven’t seen a good, clean list yet.If I add the HTS Long Description to my ES-003 and then filter that field by “IEEPA”, that should work? Would I be missing any? Answer 1: Generally that will work, but the 10% […]