• REVOKED RULINGS AND PEA’S

    Question: If a classification ruling is revoked today, could we file PEAs or protest entries previously filed using the HTS of the revoked ruling?  These rulings were not issued to our company, we just based our classification on the information found in CROSS. Thank you.  

  • Request for Refunds & PEAs

    The majority of our imports are entered through one main port. This port has been enforcing the requirement for manufacturer affidavits (MA) for all 9801 claims. We are not the manufacturer. Therefore, our company is paying duty at time of entry where applicable. We then submit refund requests for 9801 claims once we receive the […]

  • Post Entry Amendments Q&A 1

    Here’s an email exchange between my broker and me: Our Compliance Manager, xxxx, has been told on numerous occasions that customs does not want us to file any corrections were there is no change in duty. He has been instructed by Customs that if the change is less than $20.00 or no change in duty […]

  • Post Entry Amendments Q&A 2

    I am curious to find out how other people manage quantity discrepancies. A container may contain 200,000+ units for us and after receipt; we may find that it was over/under 100 units for example (obviously units are relatively low value). Unless there is a very large discrepancy, we usually don’t charge back our vendor (or […]

  • Post Entry Amendments Q&A 4

    A vendor of ours in Germany erroneously shipped us product intended for another US customer of theirs. Of course the vendor would like us to forward the product. I am concerned about verifying such an entry in an audit. I would appreciate it if the group could share how they have handled situations like this.

  • Post Entry Amendments Q&A 5

    Hi everyone. In the spirit of Customs Compliance and demonstration of reasonable care, one of the items we are monitoring closely when performing a post-entry audit of each file is the quantity. In other words, does the ordered quantity matched what shipped? Does this match the entered quantity at the time of the entry and […]

  • Post Entry Amendments Q&A 8

    Does anyone have some guidelines or internal procedures which they are willing to share on how to report shortages, overages, or damages back to Customs on an import. Is the threshold based on duty revenue or on value of merchandise or both? For example, if I find there are an additional $10,000 worth of parts […]