Question: Have a question to the membership regarding informal and formal entries. I’ve been away from the compliance side for awhile and seem to recall that at my old company I instructed the brokers to clear informal entries as formal entries (we did not have many and the $2 to $25 MPF did […]
QUESTION: How do some of the members in the importing community deal with supplier payment variances caused by fluctuations to the exchange rates (i.e. paid in one rate of exchange based on best market value vs. the rate of exchange used by CBP on date of export from the bank of NY)? Are corrections made […]
QUESTION: Our broker is trying to add charges onto our 7501, but if it doesn’t fit the definition of an assist, does it belong on the 7501? The fee covers cartage, banking charges, warehouse and customs clearance
Question:We are a small importer and we self – file our own entries and ISF’s. We would like to start Unified entry filing. Does anyone in the membership know how it works? And how the actual entry will be certified? Is there a flexibility to change the information on the freight location and the arrival […]
Question: How is a 3461 ALT used, (e.g. only for land crossings?)?Under what circumstances is a 3461 ALT used (e.g. mostly for produceshipments or another specific commodity?)?What data elements are required on the 3461 ALT? If you have an example of the 3461 ALT that you can share, it would beappreciated.
Question:We have just been informed by Customs that they consider it an error that we do not amend entries when goods are returned to the supplier. The exact circumstances are that goods which are duty free were imported for subsequent sale to distributors, but about 2-3 months after importation, we decided to return the goods […]
Question: Re-liquidation (suspension or extension) can be requested by CBP within the90 days from original liquidation. After that period, can CBP demand re-liquidation? I’m not clear if they can do that…
Question: We import product subject to ADD via a courier company almost daily. On quite a few occassions some of those shipments slipped through the cracks and cleared duty-free on that ECO’s consolidation. After discovering that we usually request a formal dumping entry to be filed. They courier would sometimes reference the original consol entry […]
Question:I need the advice of the membership on this one. My company had a short lapse last year from the time the previous import compliance manager left and when I was hired. And did I mention we self file? During this time an entry was created, provided with an entry number, and then port of […]
Question: Can a self-filing IOR outsource staffing by using a customs brokers staff(not as implants at the clients facility)? Example scenario: The employees are employed by the broker, at the broker’sfacility and would handle the entry processing/transmission on behalf of theIOR. The IOR receives the benefit of an experienced knowledgeable brokeragestaff, utilizing them for their […]
Question: I have a fun one for the membership, so buckle up and here goes:I have more than 2 dozen branches in the US and a handful in the rest of theworld. We have 5106’s on file for every US branch. Imports account for about 8% ofour business. That margin is growing. Our sales force […]
Question: I’m in the middle of making some changes to our supply chain, I’ve run into a bit of a hiccup. Both parties (freight forwarder and broker) are wanting to charge a messenger/document turn-over fee… I don’t argue that the fee is a standard accessorial fee, but this is the first time I have had […]
