Post Entry Amendments

Post Entry Amendments

  • 9817 Program – Claims vs Substantiation

    Question: Does anyone have best practices on how to manage 9817 claims vs substantiation when tracking the flow of an item? For example, say 500 parts are imported under 9817 and within 6 months you noticed a trend that you may have overclaimed as those items are not all being consumed with an agricultural use. […]

  • Post Entry Amendments

    Question: What are folks currently experiencing for turnaround time on PEA’s these days? Answer 1: 6-9 months for PSC response. At least we can track them now. Answer 2: I filed a post summary correction in August of 2023 and just received the refund in April 2024. So a good 8 months!

  • Entry Post Summary Corrections Timing

    Question: Our company has requested PSC for customs brokers for HTS, SPI claims, COO to name few common errors. The brokers sent the corrected customs forms. However, after couple of months of the corrections, the old information is still on ACE reports. Would like to ask the community if someone experience this and how long […]

  • Stolen Trailer

    Question: We had a trailer of imported goods stolen and according to the police, they do not believe it, or the goods will ever be recovered. We know duty drawback is not an option but is it possible to do a post summary correction on the entries with the stolen goods? WE believe insurance will […]

  • PSC ‘S FOR ENTRIES WHERE ITAR DECLARATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE

    Question: My client is an importer of record who uses more than one Customs broker.   This importer sometimes has goods subject to ITAR.  We are instructed to make the following statement on the entry: “This shipment is being Imported in accordance with and under the authority of 22 CFR 123.4(a)(1)” The importer just advised us that […]

  • PSC due to Overages/shortages

    Question: I was wondering what everyone does when overages and shortages are found upon receipt and after entry.  Do you always file a PSC?  Are documents required from the supplier for any overages, or can we simply show a warehouse receiving report?  Searching the ICPA database, I have found some references to not having to […]

  • PSC

    Question: We importer 2 different items, 8 of each several months ago. 6 of each are sold to our customers, and the remaining 2 of each (4) we will now use in our lab for R&D. Will CBP allow for a PSC to be filed on the 4 items used in R&D as prototypes or […]

  • Post Summary Correction

    Question: We are a broker, and an importer gave us an incorrect invoice number for an entry. Even though the HTS code, piece count, invoice value, duty and relevant details are the same, they want us to file a PSC to correct the invoice number. I’ve never had this request before and not sure CBP […]

  • Post Summary Correction & Petitions

    Question: As I am new to the company I have I have been reviewing data from ITRAC and noticed that every import shows country of origin as USA.  I did the analysis and the goods do qualify, did not claim either 9801 (AGR) or USCMA for goods from Mexico. I do realize that an importer […]

  • Post Summary Correction

    Question: Hello, We have several entries that met the 301 Exclusion but were not filed as such. Would it be advisable to use a different broker for this project? It is part of our 2023 plan to switch brokers anyways. Answer 1: Or consider self-filing your PSCs, since the PSC does not need to be […]

  • Post Summary Correction Needed Paperwork

    Question: Hello; I was wondering what paperwork is needed if a PSC is filed for an overage.  Do I need to go back and ask Supplier for an invoice for the additional material?  Can I just submit the correction based on the receipts quantity or manually notate the original invoice?  Are there best practices to […]

  • Post entry corrections

    Question: I’m wondering how the membership handles post-entry corrections due to overages.  We have a lot of consolidated containers, with lots of parts in small quantities.  It’s not unusual to get overages reported upon arrival.  Parts or quantities not on the invoice. Years back, we could file quarterly PEAs and be done with it, now […]