Category: Compliance
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Don’t Take Legal Advice From CBP
In our piece of responding to a customs money seizure and a petition for return of seized cash, we warn…
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Prepaid Card Seizure & CBP Reporting Requirement
On Forbes the other day, I read an interesting article about prepaid debit cards getting seized.The story is about Oklahoma…
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Amending a customs declaration? No baloney!
An interesting story about a seizure for meat (bologna/baloney) from Mexico presents an opportunity for me to talk about amending…
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Understanding CBP’s Election of Proceedings Form
What is an election of proceedings form? Upon receipt of a notice of seizure for unreported currency by Customs, you…
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Tuition Money Seized by Customs
Customs seizure of tuition money is a common occurrence in the weeks prior to the start of either semester of the…
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U.S. Customs Seize $541,000 in Unsafe Consumer Products
When importing into the United States an importer must make sure to comply with the customs laws for classification, valuation,…
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CBP to Help U.S. Exporters Resolve Tariff Disputes with Foreign Governments
A very long but worthy read appears in today’s Federal Register. It is a new opportunity from U.S. Customs &…
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CBP Fines Agricultural Products Smugglers $98,000
When you heard that someone is a smuggler, or that they’ve smuggled something you typically think of smuggling drugs or…
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Chinese Honey Seized in Houston for Antidumping Duty Evasion
We previously wrote about the dangers of not knowing your supply chain, conducting due diligence, and how inadvertently buying goods…
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Customs Seeks to Enforce § 1592 Penalties for Misclassification at CIT
The industry website RubberNews.com has a story about a tire distributor called China Tire out of California who is facing a…
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Crossing the Border by Dog Sled
Customs news of the interesting from newsminer.com. What happens if you’re on a 1,000 mile dog sled race, you are…
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Importer Allegedly Undervalues Shoe Imports and Gets Criminally Charged
Imports into the United States must be properly classified and valued. Classification has to do with categorizing them on the…
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U.S. Customs Currency Seizures for Thanksgiving Travelers
Thanksgiving is apparently not the busiest travel day of the year, but it’s definitely one of the busiest. This year, with…
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CBP Webinar for Advisory Committee on Commercial Ops on Oct 7th
The CBP Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations has a meeting on October 7th, 2014, which is free for the public…
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Customs Counterfeit Seizure of Tablet Computers
As part of our ongoing efforts to analyze news in light of the customs laws and keep importers informed of…
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592 Penalties Liability; Smugglers Circumvent Duties
A recent story about the criminal conviction of 5 people for smuggling aluminum extrusions and circumventing anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders illustrates the…
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Customs Wood Packaging Material Violations In The News Again
Wood Packaging Material violations are the kind of compliance issue that should have largely disappeared by now. The restrictions on…
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Customs Country of Origin & Substantial Transformation
Determining country of origin for U.S. Customs marking purposes can at times be easy but other times it can be…
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Customs Liability for Internet Purchases
In addition to helping importers before U.S. Customs & Border Protection that are businesses, whether large or small, we also…
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Targeted Enforcement for Customs Money Seizure
If your cash was seized at an airport or border crossing, you may be wondering whether you were singled out…
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Increased travel = increased customs currency seizure
Increased travel for the holidays means increased opportunities for customs to seize your money for failing to report the transport…
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Regulated Wood Packaging Material Customs Violations
In 2007, Customs & Border Protection began enforcing requirements that regulated wood packaging material imported into the United States mandating…