| We make Customs Clearing simple: (click on all Blue / Colors for details) 1. Just forward all your documents that you received from your supplier(s) / Factory / Freight-Forwarder / Shipping-company . a. Sea/Ocean shipment ( Invoice, Packing-list, Bill-of-lading (BL) / Original-Bill-of-Lading, ISF Form, Sea-Arrival-Notice, + Photos-of-Import-items & etc. ) . b. Air shipment ( Invoice, Packing-list, Air-Way-Bill (AWB) + Photos-of-Import-items & etc. ) . c. International Trucking / Rail shipment ( Invoice, Packing-list, Bill-of-lading / BL, Country-of-Origin + Photos-of-Import-items & etc. ) (Mexico/Canada) . d. Hand-Carrying the items/shipment in to US Airport that needs Customs Clearing (On-Site & Remotely) + Photos-of-Import-items & etc. ) 2. Sea/Ocean Shipment(s): Contact us 6 or 7 days before your shipment is in a US Port with Arrival Notice or with-OUT Arrival Notice. . 6-7 days before your shipment is in a US Port your freight forwarder / supplier / vessel / carrier will be Contacting you with Arrival Notice. . We can clear your shipment 5 days Before your Shipment is in a US Port 3. Air & International Trucking / Rail & Hand-Carrying: please contact us ASAP with the documents that you received from your supplier(s) / Factory / Freight-Forwarder |
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| ISF 10+2 (Importer Security Filing) www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/cargo_secur List US Ports http://cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/contacts/ports/ click above link, Click on the State, Than a City Ocean Freight Forwarder: Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) http://www2.fmc.gov/oti/OTIList_NVO_TradeNames.aspx Air Forwarders by Air Forwarders Association http://www.airforwarders.org/?page_id=380 Filing a Complaint about Freight Forwarder http://www.fmc.gov/filing_a_complaint.aspx Please Click: Color (Blue/Red/Purple) on our website for details We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone at anytime . |
| All costs are clearly displayed so that there are no surprises. USCustomsClearing.com is Unlike other Custom Brokers, other Customs Broker fees are always mysteries and only time they would answer is if you asked the right questions. Customs Clearing fees and US customs fees for all shipment: (click on all Blue / Colors for details) 1. Entry Filing = $150 2. Service fee (Any US Ports) = $25 3. US Customs Duty & Tax (IF any) HTC/HTS/Harmonized-Tariff-Code search (click here) OR call & email US Customs Import Specialist (click here) (Government Fees) 4. Harbor Maintenance Fee (HMF) ( .001250 X your invoice value) (ONLY-for-Sea-Ocean shipment) (Government Fees) 5. Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) ( .003464 X your invoice value) (min of $25 and max of $485) (Government Fees) 6. FDA, EPA/DOT, USDA, Lacey-Act, other agencies & after 2 Classification of HTC/HTS (IF any + $40 messenger fee) ($10 - $50 per items/lines) (Government/our Fees) 7. X-Ray inspection / Intense Examination / VACIS / NII / Tailgate / IBET / CET / A-TCET / MET / EAN, & Etc. (IF any), + $40 exam for processing fee (IF any) (Government Fees) 8. Service Agreement (Click Here) (IF any) & Single Entry Bond Fees (Click Here) (IF any) or Continuous Bond (click here) (IF any) 9. Or if have a Continuous Bond or Single Entry Bond please email us a the copy of Bond, before your entry is filed with US Customs. 10. After Customs Clearing is done: Our Payment Term, Pick-up yourself, Trucking arrangement, your US Freight Forwarder agent, & your Warehouse . . Please pay all your vendor directly (ASAP), to AVOID Our $30 Reimbursement Service Fees (CLICK HERE). 11. Above are only for LCL shipment. IF your shipment is FULL container &/or AIR shipment, Entry Filing = $199 +Service fee (Any US Ports) = $50 +above #3-10 |
| Form's from US Customs, FDA, USDA, EPA & other Agency: Importers/Consignee are responsible for all fees (click here), US Laws & International Laws (www.cbp.gov) 1. ACH Debit Applications with US Customs (CBP) for Duty/Tax (click here) MUST have your own Continuous Bond for ACH. (click here) to apply Continuous Import Bond . ONLY IF, your shipment is Cleared at Long Beach/Los Angeles, you could make beneficiary to US Custom/CBP for duty/tax, HMF & MPF, and other to US Customs Clearing . Both original beneficiary payment MUST be Over-Night to us. Other then Long Beach/Los Angeles, all beneficiary MUST to US Customs Clearing ONLY. 2. Textile & Apparel VISA and Quota Requirements, Importing from China & other Countries (click here) 3. CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) Notice Detention CBP Form 329-A samples (click here) 4. CBP 7501 form (Entry Summary) (click here) & CBP 3461 Form (Entry/Immediate Delivery) (click here) and Deliver Order (Pick-up Order) (click here) 5. CBP form 4790 ( Transporting Money/Currency) (click here) / CBP form 105 ( Transporting Money/Currency) (click here) 6. CBP (US Customs & Import Requirements, Guide for Commercial Importers (click here) 7. USDA Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Application for Permit (click here) 8. USDA Emergency Action Notification sample (click here), CBP Form 3499 (click here), CBP Form 7512 (click here) 9. USDA Fumigation Certificate Sample (click here), Chinese Fumigation Certificate Sample (click here) 10. USDA Register Certificate Sample (click here). Simple Hand-Carry gone wrong (click here) 11. UDSA Dairy Import Program License Application and Administration (click here) & file FDA, also most are QUOTA ENTRY 12. To check if your are importing Anti Dumping (ADD) items &/or Countervailing (CVD) items (click here) or call US Customs (click here) 13. FDA: New Drug Application Forms & Submission Requirements (click here) 14. FDA: To Import any Food related Your Factory MUST be register "'Registration of Food Facilities Step-by-Step Instructions (click here) 15. FDA: Medical Devices Topics (click here) 510(k) Screening Checklist (click here) (click here) 16. To import any Motor Vehicle: Parts / Classic / Antique Vehicles / cars / Off-Road / ATV's / Snowmobiles / Motorcycle & Etc. (click here) 17. Importing a Motor Vehicle by CBP (click here) 18. EPA Form 3520-1 / 3520-21 (click here) & DOT Form HS7 (click here) OR CBP (click here) : Importing Car or Vehicle 19. EPA / CBP / DOT: Permanently importing a motorcycle (click here) 21. EPA (form 3501) Notice of Arrival of Pesticides & Devices / Motor Vehicles Equipment (click here) 22. EPA certification (Sample) (click here) 23. Exporting a Motor Vehicle (click here) 24. DOT Declaration (Importation of Motor Vehicles & Motor Vehicle Equipment Subject / Federal Motor Vehicle Safety) (click here) 25. CBP all other forms (click here) 26. Regulatory Procedures Manual -August 2012 Chapter 9 Import Operations And Actions (click here) 27. Canada Customs Broker list (click here) 28. Application for Explosives License or Permit (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives / BATF) (click here) 29. Look-up: If your are importing Anti Dumping (ADD) and/or Countervailing (CVD) items (click here) 30. US Department of Transportation Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) (click here) . a. Sample Cover Letter Fireworks (EX) - APA Standard 87-1 request transportation approval and classification (PHMSA) (click here) . b. Sample Cover Letter Fireworks (EX) - APA Standard 87-1 Approval Application (PHMSA) (click here) 31. If you are importing Aluminum Windows (click here) 32. To register as C-TPAT (click here) or (click here) or (click here) Front of the Line privileges & other BENEFITS (look page 2 & 3) 33. To Clearing your own shipment (click here). SEA imported goods can be cleared 5 days before the shipment arrives into US port (click here) . a. IF shipment coming in thru Long Beach port, but the importer at Oklahoma & to Cleared from Oklahoma, then importer need to file a CBP 7512 (click here) . b. IF Import value is over $2,500 (or over $250 if textiles), a commodity subject to other federal agencies requirements (i.e. firearms or food), MUST have Bond (click here) 34. Exporting and Importing Firearms (click here) (click here) / Customs Entry Requirement (click here) / Importer's Survival Kit (click here) 35. Dangerous (hazardous / HAZMATmaterials (click here) / Hazmat Labels (click here) DOT Placards (click here) UN Packaging click here) . General requirements for packagings and packages (click here) / U.S. shipments of used lead batteries to Mexico (click here) Exporting Waste (click here) . Flammable and Combustible Liquids (Hazard Class 3) by usps (click here) (click here) by fed-ex (click here) / Hazard School (click here) (click here) . EPA Hazard (click here) (click here) fmcsa.dot.Hazard (click here) Federal Hazard Ratings H2O2 (click here) 36. If you are Importing Disposable Electronic Cigarette ( Electronic Atomizer ) (click here) blog. 37. ITA (International Trade Administration's) steel import license sample (click here), To apply (click here), other info (click here) & (click here) & (click here) |
| Notes: 1. Customs Clearing Power of Attorney (POA) (click here) + Scan copy: signer of POA Driver Licence OR Passport OR Green Card OR Etc. (if you need to sign Electronic click) 2. IF you're importing FDA/USDA/ATF/TTB/DOT/EPA/(Fumigation Report) &/or other relating government agency items/products, MUST filed Prior Notice. Contact us ASAP 3. Ask your supplier to do Telex Release on your shipment, BUT if you do received an OBL (Original-Bill-of-Lading) Sign it & Mail the OBL to your US Freight Forwarder 4. All US Customs/Our Fees are Estimate, US Customs/We reserve the rights to amend any fees anytime, anywhere. 5. As for shipping, it may be cheaper to use your suppler (Third world countries) labor & ship it to US Port. (click here) for shipping . glossary, after your shipment is in US Port we could help you with Trucking Arrangement, Customs Clearing & other services 6. Details about US Customs & Import requirements (click here) & A Guide for Commercial Importers by CBP (click here) 7. By US Customs (CBP) Prohibited and Restricted Items (click here) If you received a EXAM notice (CLICK HERE) 8. BEFORE Customs Clearing document could be release to you or to anyone, Customs Clearing invoice & ISF fees MUST be Pre-paid. 9. Any shipment coming in to US, It MUST be have Fumigation Certificate/Report, otherwise US Customs will issue Emergency Action Notifications and . ordered the importers to fumigate the containers (Fumigating an container or LCL shipment in US could cost $100s & $1,000's & other fees & delaying your shipment . being release from US Customs). For more details (click here) & (click here) & (click here) 10. As your Customs Clearing Agent, we will be invoice you ISF Filing related fees & Customs Clearing related fees, BUT you may be also paying, US . Customs Bonded Warehouse/Container Freight Station Warehouse fees (CFS Warehouse fees), Trucking Arrangement fees, Ocean/Air Fright Forwarder . fees (Freight Release fee), US Sea Port fees/US Airport fees, EXAMS fees, US Customs & Other Government Agencies and other private agencies fees, . who are involved with your shipment(s), all are SEPARATE charges. 11. All our service arrangement (ISF filing/customs clearing/trucking & ETC.) is/are NO pro-rate & NO refunds on any payments. All Premiums/fees Fully Earned 12. To AVOID Our reimbursement Service Fees (CLICK HERE). We are NOT payment center for all your Vendors, we are here to clear you shipment with US Customs 13. BEFORE you import, double check your HTC/HTS/Harmonized-Tariff-Code (Duty/Tax) classifications & Anti Dumping Duties (ADD) & Countervailing Duty (CVD) . Importers are responsible for the all HTC/HTS classifications of their own goods. Our classification on customs entries Filing & ISF filing are ADVISORY & NOT binding . Also, if ADD/CVD & FDA, USDA, &/or any other government agencies involvement, shipment must be cleared with local Broker. 14. Before/After shipment is pick-up US Customs has rights to Exam any shipment anytime, US Customs has discretion to modify/amend Duty/Tax at anytime & reclassified . HTC/HTS code anytime as ADD/CVD, FDA, USDA, &/or any other government agencies, IF so, all fees MUST be pay within 10 working days. 15. After first entry is done & paid & pick-up by you, IF US Customs RE-classified as ADD/CVD, it must be refile for entry with Local Broker (place of Importer) within 15 days. . (click here) to fill-out Blanket Statement of Reimbursement/None-Reimberse. 16. Importers/Exporter are responsible for all fees (click here), US Laws/International Laws (www.cbp.gov) CBP Action WithOUT Notification BackDated Duty/Tax (click here) 17. IF Importer/consignee shipment is detained/hold by US Customs/CBP &/or any other US Government Agencies, there is NO pro-rate & NO refunds & NO cancellation 18. Normally on SEA LCL International shipping: As importer, they are 8 party involved with 7 payments: you/importer, your factory/supplier payments, . . your foreign freight forwarder payment, your US freight agent / freight forwarder / Carrier payment, your Customs Clearing Agent payment, ISF Filing Agent (SEA . Shipment ONLY), your CFS warehouse payment/LCL SEA shipment & Domestic trucking arrange payment or Pick-up your shipment yourself. 19. Normally on SEA Full Container International shipping: As importer, they are 8 party involved with 7 payments: you/importer, your factory/supplier payments, . . your foreign freight forwarder payment, your US freight agent / freight forwarder / Carrier payment, your Customs Clearing Agent payment, ISF Filing Agent (SEA . Shipment ONLY), your Sea Terminal Port payment/FULL Container & Domestic trucking arrange payment or Pick-up your shipment yourself. 20. Normally on AIR International shipping: As importer, they are 8 party involved with 7 payments: you/importer, your factory/supplier payments, . . your foreign freight forwarder payment, your US freight agent / freight forwarder / Carrier payment, your Customs Clearing Agent payment, . your Airport Terminal Port payment & Domestic trucking arrange payment or Pick-up your shipment yourself. 21. Importing Solar Panels from China (click here) to search all ADD/CVD (Anti Dumping (ADD) 255% - 287% of duty/tax) 22. Aluminum Window Frames / Aluminum Window Frames from China: 165% Duty = (132% ADD/CVD + 33% Duty). (click here) to search all ADD/CVD 23. Pay your duty/tax & etc., on-time (ASAP), if NOT, US Customs issues Penalty/Fines (click here) for sample. |
| EXPORT.gov 1. Export: Schedule B and HS Number (click here) 2. Common Export Documents (click here) 3. Export International Logistics (click here) 4. Export to China, Hardwood Forest Products (click here) 5. Export processing (click here) 6. Export Enforcement - Bureau of Industry and Security(BIS) (click here) |
