Dear Customer,
We would like to inform you about some ongoing changes related to Customs Brokerage:
Free Trade Agreements Added to Reconciliation Program
U.S Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has announced a modification to the Automated Commercial System (ACS) National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) Reconciliation prototype test to include the filing of post-importation preferential tariff treatment claims for five additional Free Trade Agreements(FTA).
Currently, the Reconciliation program covers the following FTAs:
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
- U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement
- Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
The new FTAs being included into the Reconciliation program are as follows:
- United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement
- United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
- United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement
- United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
- United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.
Reconciliation entries for imports from these new FTAs will be available Aug. 12, 2013 per CBP sources. Reconciliation is the process that allows an importer, at the time an entry summary is filed, to identify undeterminable information (other than that affecting admissibility) to CBP and to provide that outstanding information at a later date. The importer identifies the outstanding information by means of an electronic "flag" which is placed on the entry summary at the time the entry summary is filed and payment (applicable duty, taxes, and fees) is made.
Additional information on Reconciliation and the recent modification may be found
here.
DHL Global Forwarding has provided Reconciliation Services since 1998. We are one of the largest Reconciliation broker filers in the country and recognized as an industry leader in this field. We have an experienced centralized Reconciliation team that manages various Reconciliation issues for our extensive customer base.
If you have any questions or have interest in DHL Global Forwarding's Reconciliation services, please feel free to contact the Jocelyn Porter, manager of DGF's Reconciliation Group, at chb.reconciliation@dhl.com.
USDA Sugar Certificate Requirements
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has issued Cargo Systems Manifest Messaging System (CSMS) messages announcing that modifications to its Automated Commercial System (ACS) are in place to allow the electronic transmission of the USDA Sugar Certificate.
The USDA Sugar Certificate will now be filed electronically when an ACS entry summary is filed with CBP for products whose tariff classifications are subject to the sugar certificate requirement.
The tariff numbers indicated below will be subject to the sugar certificate ACS submission requirement:
1701.12.1000 1702.90.2000 1901.20.7000
1701.12.5000 1702.90.5800 1901.90.5400
1701.13.1000 1702.90.6800 1901.90.5800
1701.14.1000 1704.90.6800 2101.12.3800
1701.14.5000 1704.90.7800 2101.12.4800
1701.91.1000 1806.10.1500 2101.12.5800
1701.91.3000 1806.10.2800 2101.20.3800
1701.91.4800 1806.10.3800 2101.20.4800
1701.91.5800 1806.10.5500 2101.20.5800
1701.99.1010 1806.10.7500 2103.90.7800
1701.99.1025 1806.20.7300 2106.90.4400
1701.99.1050 1806.20.7700 2106.90.4600
1701.99.5025 1806.20.9400 2106.90.7200
1701.99.5050 1806.20.9800 2106.90.8000
1702.20.2810 1806.90.3900 2106.90.9100
1702.20.2890 1806.90.4900 2106.90.9400
1702.30.2800 1806.90.5900 2106.90.9700
1702.40.2800 1901.20.2500
1702.60.2800 1901.20.3500
1702.90.1000 1901.20.6000
This change will decrease the verification time in processing quota sugar entry summaries, which will benefit both the trade and CBP in ensuring fast and efficient release of merchandise.
Effective June 7, 2013, entry filers will be required to commence transmitting these certificates in the Automated Broker Interface (ABI). Importers must ensure a copy of the sugar certificate is included in the import documentation to allow the broker filer to transmit the information to CBP. Quota entry summaries needing to be rejected back to the filer to transmit the certificate number in ABI, upon resubmission, will receive a new presentation time and may risk the quota being closed or offered prorated quantities.
For additional information on this new requirement, you may view the CSMS messages at:
ATPA/ATPDEA and GSP Programs due to expire July 31, 2013
U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) has posted reminders on its website that the Andean Trade Preference Acts (ATPA & ATPDEA) and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are due to expire on July 31, 2013.
CBP has no information as to whether or not these duty preference programs will be renewed. If these programs are not renewed by July 31st, after that date, any imports of goods which would normally be beneficiaries of these programs would be subject to normal duty application upon entry.
There can be no guarantee that these programs will be renewed or, if they are renewed, that there will be a retro-active clause to cover any lapse period. Importers should be prepared in the event that they will need to start paying duty on their imports of products that previously held duty-free status under ATPA/APTDEA or GSP.
In past instances where these programs have expired, they have ultimately been renewed but it has sometimes taken up to 10 months after date of expiration for the renewal to occur. Historically, when there was a lapse period between date of expiration and date of renewal, there have be retroactive clauses providing for pursuit of refund of duties paid during the lapse period. In the past, when expiration occurred, CBP has allowed the program special preference indicators (SPIs) to continue to be applied to the entries- which allowed CBP to automatically issue refunds upon retro-active renewal of the programs. For those entries where the SPIs weren't applied, the importer would need to pursue refund via the filing of Post Entry Amendments (PEAs) or protests.
DHL Global Forwarding will issue updates as more information on the status of these programs is published. CBP's notices on this subject may be viewed at:
ATPA/ ATPDEA Due to Expire and
GSP Due to Expire July 31, 2013
If you have any questions, please contact your DHL Global forwarding representative or
chb.consulting@dhl.com.
Regards,
Paul Vroman
Manager, Regulatory & Compliance Consulting
DHL Global Forwarding
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