Question: I have been asked to check on this by another member. If you send a unmarked drawing for a 9A610.x to a U.S. ally in Europe. Realize that you did not intentionally want it to go to this manufacturer. The manufacturer says that they no longer make this part. You ask the manufacturer to […]
Question: I’ve been trying to find out if the import/customs regulations in other countries include any type of prior disclosure programs like the prior disclosure process that US Customs regulations include. The particular countries I’m interested in are: China Taiwan Singapore South Korea France/EU We recently acquired a US company and […]
Question: Does any of the membership have a format for a voluntary disclosure initial notification letter that they have successfully submitted and would be willing to share?
I am currently creating a prior disclosure for a number of shipments over the past five years and have two questions for the membership. First, I am noticing that there are adjustments I need to make to some of the values and weights (due to inaccurate information provided by the shipper). The values are more […]
Question:Would anyone mind sharing an example notification to CBP informing them of intent to disclose and requesting an extension for response in order to quantify data?
Question: My firm is preparing to do a Prior Disclosure for the past five yearsand we noticed that one specific product was classified under an HTS that wasthought to be correct at the time. Upon further review of the facts withour customs broker, we determined that was incorrect due to thepreservatives that are added to […]
Question:I was wondering if anyone can share their experience with submitting a prior disclosure for no duty lost, negligent or gross negligent violations. What was the circumstances and do you think that Customs is more lenient for companies that have corrected the issues are disclosing past sins? It seems to me that a company with […]
Question: We received a CF28 for a product in regards to anti dumping. We answered the CF28, filed a prior disclosure for this product. Now, CBP wants to reject our prior disclosure and assess a penalty stating that the CF28 constitutes them notifying us of an investigation. It is not one of the vehicles mentioned […]
I have a question regarding prior disclosures. About a month ago, we received a CF28 requesting a NAFTA certificate for a Canadian import. We didn’t have one, and in working with our broker discovered that for the past several years, they had been mistakenly been making NAFTA claims (also not following our classification database) affecting […]
We are preparing two prior disclosures. One concerns misclassification of goods and the other concerns related party transactions improperly declared. The company trusted their broker and employed no one trained in customs compliance until a few months ago. The violations date to 2001. We have the records in our possession. Do the prior disclosures have […]
QUESTION: I have been asked to pull together a presentation discussing Prior Disclosures of inaccurate hs codes. The presentation will be directed to upper management to explain why Prior Disclosures are important, what is involved in executing them, and what is the risk associated them. We are also concerned how other divisions of our corporation […]
I have been asked to pull together a presentation discussing Prior Disclosures of inaccurate hs codes. The presentation will be directed to upper management to explain why Prior Disclosures are important, what is involved in executing them, and what is the risk associated them. We are also concerned how other divisions of our corporation may […]
