In today’s complex global trade environment, businesses engaged in importing and exporting must take a proactive approach to compliance. Conducting a thorough risk assessment of your supply chain is not just a best practice—it’s essential to mitigating risks associated with customs audits, penalties, and potential supply chain disruptions. Understanding Compliance & Reasonable Care Customs authorities,…
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We all know that accidents happen. We have seen the news of vessels hitting bridges, ships on fire, containers collapsing—so what do you do if it’s your shipment? In the event of a container vessel accident, the vessel owner and shippers with cargo on board share the costs of recovery, known as general average. Do…
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Protecting our forests from harmful pests is a top priority for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine program. APHIS continues to combat the fraudulent marking of wood packaging material (WPM) as treated, as this deceptive practice puts our forests and global ecosystems at risk. It is crucial for shippers…
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The requirements for filing Electronic Export Information (EEI) in the Automated Export System (AES) are the same for both standard and routed export transactions. However, in routed export transactions, it is common for the U.S. Principal Party of Interest (USPPI) to face challenges getting the authorized agent to make necessary EEI corrections. Authorized agents—whose customer…
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Is DDP the best solution for your shipping process? Regarding Incoterms®, US importers and exporters often choose DDP (Delivered Duty Paid) for their shipments. It is important the buyer and seller understand their obligations and liabilities under this term. Here are a few highlights for consideration when using this Incoterms®. Under this arrangement, the…
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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued guidance on completing origin declarations, origin statements, and certificates of origin. These documents must be completed and signed by an official of the importer, exporter, or producer or agent of the importer, exporter, or producer having knowledge of the relevant facts to the origin of the goods,…
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A Bill of lading (B/L) is a legal document that serves as receipt of goods, contract of carriage and maybe used as a document of title. The differences between the two types of Bills of Lading—Master Bill of Lading (MBL) and House Bill of Lading (HBL)—are subtle, yet important to understand. If the B/L is…
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LCL is a term used in sea freight to describe loads that are “less than a container load,” or a shipment that does not fill an entire container. When cargo volume is not enough to fill a full container, different shippers might share a container to create an LCL shipment. An LCL shipment is usually…
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It can be daunting to submit forced labor allegations in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) system. To ease the pressure on filers CBP has released two useful documents—a Recommended Guidelines for Submissions of Forced Labor Supporting Documents and a Forced Labor Allegation Submission Checklist. These resources will help clarify details of what information…
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When importing—or exporting—goods under a lease agreement, it is important to understand that the items are not considered sold and that transaction value will not apply. Instead, importers must use one of the other methods of valuation, applied in sequential order, as part of their Reasonable Care. U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Informed Compliance…
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