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US clearance operation flow of a US customs clearance procedures and documents required A. declaration after receipt of notice of arrival line (ARRIVAL NOTICE), along with the required documents Customs (see B) can be in the ready-to-port or arrive inland points in five days (5 DAYS PRIOR TO ETA) apply to the customs clearance. Customs clearance is usually informed or not (shipping goods) within 48 hours. Air Cargo will be informed within 24 hours. (US Customs actually work at all, so even if the air cargo arrive on Saturday and Sunday to be clearance, but must incur additional fees by some companies to apply for weekend duty.) Some cargo ship has not yet arrived, customs has I decided to check out. The vast majority of inland points can do before the goods reach the pre-notification (PRE-CLEAR), but only after the arrival of the goods ARRIVAL IT until after the results are displayed. There are two ways to declare, an electronic declaration, the customs declaration you need to know about to enter the US Customs networking (ABI), including what kind of goods and materials, value, number, bill of lading number and container extraction marina information etc. sent to Customs, such as the release, but also with ABI notice. Now the vast majority of electronic declaration of goods is made, such an approach customs approval quickly, usually within 48 hours you will get notified ABI system, whether to release (IMMDIATE ENTRY), or require further examination (EX second is : Customs need to review the paperwork in this case, the declaration need to be originals or copies of all documents including importers of the original document sent to the Customs officers after checking paperwork marking whether to release or examination (EXAM).. In this case, the release will be very slow, may come and go in about three days. Many sophisticated electronic products, and most food products, textiles are the need to send customs documents have quotas products need to be original and tariff VISA pay to the Customs declaration required documents will be released B: (1) the bill of lading (B / L) (2) invoices (COMMERCIAL INVOICE) (3) packing list (PACKING LIST) (4) notice of arrival (ARRIVAL Receipt NOTICE) (5) If wood packaging, fumigation certificate required (FUMIGATION CERTIFICATE) or no wood packing declaration (NON WOOD PACKING STATEMENT). The bill of lading the consignee (CONSIGNEE) the name and the needs of the latter three documents show people unity, if there are inconsistencies consignee must be written on the bill of lading the cargo transfer book (LETTER OF TRANSFER), a third party can go clearance invoice and packing list is also required S / & C / The name, address and phone. On some domestic S / files are missing this information will be required to fill the import Precautions (mainland export goods) (1) if heavy cargo, Customs will have found some wood packaging, fumigation certificate will be required to provide, if No wood packaging must be declared non-wood packaging (NON WOOD PACKING) on all documents. Although container shipping companies to limit weight of 44,000 pounds, but the shipping company standard frame bearing limit of 38,000 pounds, so in the continental US If it exceeds this weight transportation, trucking companies will require the use of special triangular or quadrangular frame supplied to ensure safe driving. In many US states, this restriction is very strict and requires super-heavy transport applications, and includes a container truck Please note that the license because the licenses are owned frame and the need for additional spending, so do the door inland to offer services when indicated price is applied to less than 38,000 pounds of cargo. If the container over 43,000 pounds, many landlocked state is not allowed on the road, and that the use of a special frame. (2) the product must have a "Made in China (MADE IN CHINA)" label. If not, the Customs will require labeling may be sold after, especially public consumer goods, so S / ready. (3) food imports asked the United States for food and food-related items as well as very strict, in addition to the customs declaration, should also declare the FDA (FOOD & DRUG ADMINISTRATION) both put After the goods before delivery, Customs declaration FDA usually will charge a service fee. Snare net foreign trade logistics merchant community, trade logistics and people-friendly communication platform D. freedom as inland clearance, transit needs to be done (cut IT --- Immediate Transit). We need to provide IT. #, The effective date (DATE ISSUED ), departure and suspend ground (PLACE ISSUED AND ENDED). Inland Customs will use I.T #, to control and release. Began in March 2003, the US Customs AMS system on trial. This is the NVOCC, within 24 hours of departure of the ship conveying product information by the US Customs AMS. There are still commissioned NVOCC cargo shipping companies VOCC do AMS. Therefore, special attention needs to be done by whom AMS, the US Customs AMS NO only to identify various goods, AMS NO contains important part is the AMS FILER code SCAC CODE, at the time the declaration is not missing. F. Delivery of goods. (1) previous ABI system, shipping companies and terminal is directly and customs networking, which means that if the Customs ABI in release, shipping companies and terminal can be seen. After the trial AMS, large-scale shipping companies such as EVER GREEN, APL, MAERSK, COSCO, CSCL, etc. are also networking AMS, but no dock. Therefore, the Customs AMS release, these shipping companies and NVOCC AMS FILER can synchronize see the shipping company to help dock systems simultaneously updating; small-scale shipping companies, such as SINOTRANS, LYKES, GWS and so did not do networking AMS, so they only NVOCC NVOCC AMS FILER by fax a copy of a letter of guarantee and carnet (CUSTOMS FORM 3461) to release, these shipping company received the fax after the artificial regeneration dock system. Imagine clearance made artificial workload doubled, as well as human error and leakage of customer information and other issues. (2) wharf / pier shipping companies and shipping companies for delivery of goods is networked, if freight is prepaid, bill of lading is electrical discharge, as long as a customs clearance, delivery of goods to dock automatically trucking company. We do not need to change a single customer in the United States, so there is no way to help the United States proxy exclusion. This is totally different with China. So the loading port does not receive freight, do not do big L Electric Boat place or prepaid freight. Otherwise, C / shipping agent may not be required by the United States, put the goods put away, even the original bill of lading US agents could not come back. If shipping companies call on the bill of lading, freight is prepaid, freight shipping company will receive a delivery of goods. Regardless of who is to pay the freight. So some cunning consignee can be found this information directly from the shipping company. SSL to escape paying the fee to pay more NVO. The MB / L do electrical discharge will not receive dangerous freight and original bill of lading. The only way to control the delivery of goods is the owner of the original bill of lading, no original bills of lading, SSL will not delivery of goods. All went Terminal Trucking truck must sign (INTERCHARGE AGREEMENT) with shipping companies and terminal. Guarantee commitment tank damage and for Delay. Otherwise, shipping companies and terminal will not put cabinets to trucking companies. (3) Inland Fanghuo & P3S) _ inland cargo, shipping companies will give a PICK UP #, agents get clearance PICK UP # After this notification C /, the company by virtue of the number of delivery trucks, to wait for this number : A, goods arrive from the train up and down the yard and cabinet B, after customs clearance, C, after the release of the shipping companies, before they can get, can not get any items are missing, so the interior takes a lot of time tracking of goods, In the C / receive PICK UP # up. Inland railway stockpiling (free) period of 3-5 days, most of three days. If the C / cleared off the final day, the then US Agent arrange it, usually by our delivery trucks are not the same day, we need 24-48 hours to arrange delivery. If you do not get PICK UP #, the vast majority of truck drivers and the companies will not set aside the front or make a reservation warehouse receipt. Stockpiling fee railways around are different, most of the first five days USD50-USD100 PER CTNR PER DAY, a day after it doubled. 2. AMS IC and VSSL ARRIVAL VSSL ARRIVAL, the ship arrived at the port of destination of the day inform the Customs. This is calculated with the actual arrival in Hong Kong, when not in front of the port to. When the IC, customs clearance release, AMS system will automatically display IC, it represents customs clearance. Almost all of the goods to the port can then begin the declaration and display the results in a boat clearance to the front. While many inland cargo can be done PRE- CLEAR, but requires shipping companies ARRIVAL I .T. Rear know whether to release. Do AMS, many NVOCC forget ARRIVAL IT, resulting in C / clearance after get the goods, and even onto the last day Free heap fee. 3 Customs fines. If you do not pay their customs duties, customs will impose fines and interest, and not too many other fine, you must declare the goods to the Customs within 15 days, 15 days later still no whereabouts as customs declaration, Customs will question the safety of cargo Goods and turn to supervisory positions (GO WAREHOUSE) discharge check from containers, this time need to use regulatory clearance number (GONO.) to clear. If the goods into the regulation library (G..O.WHSE-General Order), will take place the following costs, a fee or a railroad dock stockpiling stockpiling fees. b truck from Terminal Trucking costs, but also counter charges c warehouse demolition counter charges, loading charges. d warehouse stockpiling fees. e container accounted box fee. C / only pay these costs to the shipping company to pay freight charges in exchange LIEN notice before delivery. If the goods are always within six months no one clearance and extract, the Customs will confiscate auction to mortgage warehousing and other expenses. 4. Pier Free Time period: stockpiling of most of the pier are 5 days (from containers hung down from the ship, you can begin delivery when starting) business days after the expiration of holidays, weekends have to pay stockpiling fee. Rickmers Houston marina of only three day period, please pay attention. 5. Stockpiling fee regardless of where the goods come from the pier head is usually $ 60 per day for five days, after the $ 120 per day. But some dock as HANJIN, COSCO, extended stockpiling fee is $ 100 / day PER CTNR. Shipping companies and terminal are different companies, if more than five days and no one under the cabinet will have to extract stockpiling fee happen, if it is the responsibility of the shipping company caused the boat dock will be charged according to the agreement. If the shipping company does not undertake, dock it charged to extract people. Please be noted that the shipping company to dock stockpiling fee is no ability to control, not to say that shipping companies can dispense with the stockpiling fee, can only say that it may help cover part of the discount or stockpiling fee. However, in some special areas such as SAVANNAH, etc., CSCL has a long-term contract and the marina, so they can have greater control room stockpiling fees. Another example is: HOUSTON, NEW ORLEANS other places WHARFAGE. It can not be generalized. Situation E7. Set about doing AMS before, SSL to send manifest to Customs, or almost as long as the two sets have the name, you can smooth customs clearance. Customs is now doing in the name Press AMS to clearance. If the name is inconsistent, after customs checks to be, it may be liable to a fine of $ 5000- $ 10,000 in the strict sense of perspective, regardless of Customs and sets all about. Set name thing is the shipping company or FMC (Federal Maritime Commission) to the tube. Content such as AMS and packing list, invoice discrepancies, may lead to the customs penalty AMS FILER. If they do AMS, people did not know what to do your own name. E8. Destination (non-discharge port) clearance 7A required documents are identical and unloading port clearance, but also need IT #, please refer to (1 d) items. If the Canadian circuit CP transport, we need CPRS and two together to clearance. 9. MB / L do call on the delivery of goods issues, please refer to F 2 key, if NVO do AMS, but the shipping company they need to AMS PRINT OUT of the case, we can buckle under the AMS to exclusion. Such as shipping companies or SSL do not AMS AMS, MB / L Once the electrical discharge, we can not control the delivery of goods. 10. Port of destination, the vast majority of shipping companies CHASSIS CHASSIS (frame) in the discharge port city, in addition to the bulk container ship with SSL (as RICHMERS) away. But in some places the goods to inland points, there is no frame, such as the transfer to the United States inland points via Canada CP RAIL, CHICAGO, MINNEAPOLIS, DETRIOT, CP station no frame. MINNEAPOLIS also to the vast majority of cargo ship companies are not the frame. Note: If the goods than the overweight, need triaxial trailer, sometimes the shipping company's piers or railroad Container handling fee to charge an additional $ 50 / CTN a crane, both to counter the weight hanging on the truck company-owned trailer triaxial (FLIP FEE). As with SOC box, in some inland areas will produce this fee. There is a frame rental fee mentioned earlier, usually $ 100 to $ 150. 11. SSL in the dock of this problem is very complicated, very difficult to generalize about, suggest that online searching. 12. Under the circumstances the goods to the customer does not take delivery of general, most shipping companies and customs can be contacted six months after the auction. Conventionally, the proceeds of the auction must pay customs duties, port fees, shipping freight, the rest of the excess return C / or S /. As the auction is not enough to pay all those fees, customs, shipping companies have the right to obtain a copy of the difference to the C / or NVO. Based on previous experience, case by customs, shipping companies very little recourse. The situation is back excess amounts never. Therefore, under normal circumstances, they would themselves deal with. Shipping companies and railways let lose, but it's hard to say they will definitely not come NVO. So please be careful, otherwise it was found that all of us in trouble. 13. Trailer inland shipping inquiries, please notify SSL, from where to where (including names, ZIP CODE) cargo weight and CTNR SIZE, as I do not know where to transfer, you can find a big transit point for US online map. In some cities, different shipping companies affiliated to different railway stations, truck costs vary. Some SSL has frame, some do not, the costs are different. Are overweight, so there will be differences of dangerous goods, made it clear when please inquire. Many truck fee point is only valid for 30 days, so there is possibility of price increases. Such as C / unloading more than free time (generally one hour west coast, the other is 2 hours), and there will be truck drivers waiting fee. Some of the guests after a few days to come and collect empty containers cabinet, to experience, only trucks fee is less than $ 160, it is possible to waive the non-transport truck range fee (FREE DROP OFF), most of which are closed again trip The cost (DOUBLE TRUCKING FEE FOR THE 2ND RUN). So the door received the goods must pay attention. 14. US agents operating procedures imported goods. A. Receive a proxy file, (should include: 1+ B / L, MB / L COPY + D / C NOTE), and entered into the computer. ZF B. In the week before the goods arrive, began to ask for SSL or CO-LO notice of arrival, so be sure the loading port OP D / C NOTICE write arrival date, helps US agents in timely fashion to the arrival date. C. Upon receipt of notice of arrival SSL or CO-LO, and entered into the computer, the same day issued C / and their customs brokers (who if you know). D. Receive C / original bill of lading or customs broker or freight delivered. Immediately by messenger or courier will we need to pay the freight and original bill of lading sent SSL or CO-LO, which usually arrive within 24 hours, if there is IC, together with SSL or FAX sent to them. E. SSL received after the bill of lading and expense into the computer for delivery of goods, such as to the CO-LOADER, they will repeat (D above), the delivery of goods sent to SSL. So CO-LO goods, delivery of goods will be day-to-day and a half or so later, C / will complain. F. Go inland cargo, cargo tracking travel until PICK UP # After FAX to C / G. Made goods door to door, send DO (DELIVERY ORDER) after delivery of goods to trucking companies and warehouses liaison and harvest until the acknowledgment of receipt, some C / needs POD, and then from the truck to get to the C /. Foreign logistics merchant community H. SOC trace back box also designated yard (at the time for delivery of goods requires C / check box also confirmed). These are for the community after the CLOSE FILE