Question: How long should an original NAFTA or USMCA certificate of origin document be retained?The broker maintains a copy to support clearance, and we also retain an internal copy for our records; do I need to maintain the original as well? Answer 1: Yes, your company as the IOR is the primary recordkeeper, not your […]
Question: I have paper documents that support the response to a CF28 request for information, all of which a positive determination has been received. May these records be destroyed, or should they be retained in our internal records for historical purposes? I presume that history can also be gleaned from ACE? Answer 1: Five years from the […]
Question: ICPA Community, I am looking for guidance on mechanisms or processes where item classification due diligence record keeping is done. I am new to a company where there is a broken process in place that was adopted from requesting classification information from suppliers/manufacturers of purchased goods and it is used for manufactured items as […]
Question: When it comes to exports and one ships out via small parcel (i.e. FedEx, DHL, UPS), some companies no longer have paper awbs instead label gets generated and that is what is used as label. As part of export documents, one is to keep invoice, packing list and transport document. For courier shipments does […]
Question: When it comes to exports and one ships out via small parcel (i.e. FedEx, DHL, UPS), some companies no longer have paper awbs instead label gets generated and that is what is used as label. As part of export documents, one is to keep invoice, packing list and transport document. For courier shipments does […]
Question: Do US Customs Brokers still need CBP approval for alternative (electronic) recordkeeping? This seems very outdated and assume that most brokers keep records electronically even without the approval. Answer 1: That question was posed and answered in the Modernization of Customs Brokers Regulation Federal Register :: Modernization of the Customs Broker Regulations Comment: Two […]
Question: Our company self-file’s EEI’s in the US, our sister company in Mexico hires the transportation and collects the freight from our 3PL and handles delivery. As the USPPI in the US we must maintain records of the export transactions, including all relevant documents like the EEI, Commercial Invoice, and any licenses or authorizations, shipping […]
Question: Hi. What is the required period of time to maintain entry records on an AD/CVD entry please? Answer 1: 163.4(a) must maintain the consumption entry subject to an antidumping investigation for 5 years after the date of entry. Answer 2: There is no specific statutory or regulatory rule for AD/CVD entries. The recordkeeping rules […]
Question: We are preparing our request to CBSA to maintain NRI records outside of Canada. More specifically, we will keep them on a SharePoint site in the way they are received via email from our CHB. We reached out to Microsoft to obtain the address of the server and they said ‘the data is housed […]
Question: Sanity Check! Import entries into the US from Canada: Is a truck bill of lading necessary to evidence the right to make entry? Is the truck or rail inward manifest acceptable to suffice as the “right to make entry”? Exports from the US to Mexico: Is there a truck bill of lading for the […]
Question: We have shipments under CIF and CIP terms sent from Japan to the US. These entries are not on our ACE report because DHL and FedEx cleared customs, acting as the IOR. We have received invoices for duties and taxes from them, and we’ve noticed that the ENTRY numbers either start with AEK (for […]
Question: Hi! Is it actually necessary to apply for permission to use electronic record retention? Seems to be an outdated requirement. We are a large importer (over 50000 entries per year), so keeping paper records is not reasonable. We’d like to use flash drives or an online storage or SharePoint type site. What methods do […]
