Customs Clearing for Hand Carrying Shipment

Please read very carefully, otherwise it could cost you extra monies and time

Please fill-out Service Agreement and email us below info.

Two types of hand-carried shipment(s) that need to be customs cleared (on-site and remotely), please email us:

  1. Tag number you received from US customs and copy of form you filled-out for US customs (if any)
  2. Color scan copy of your passport and visa
  3. Driver license or passport or green card
  4. S. S. N. # (if any) with birth day.
  5. Arrival date (us date / mm/dd/yyy) and arrival time (us time)
  6. Name arriving airport and flight # and airline
  7. Invoice (must be in english and us dollar)
  8. Packing-list, (must be in english)
  9. Bill-of-lading / bl, (if any)
  10. Country-of-origin (notice sample) certificate
  11. All documents relating to hand-carrying items
  12. Photos-of-import-items and other relating documents to your shipment, if any, that you received from your factory/supplier.
  13. Please fill-out the Service Agreement.
  14. Consignee as foreigner person/company (not register in us) and importing personal-used items/commercial-goods, email us passport, visa, foreign-add, us-add and etc. (can take 3-90 days to-to clear)
  15. If you received any documents from anyone, relating to this shipment please forward the email, ASAP
Customs Clearing for Hand Carrying Shipment

Remote (type 1): if your are hand-carrying the shipment(s) in to us airport and if U.S. customs has detained your shipment(s), (you left the items with U.S. customs)

Customs clearing fees and U.S. customs fees:

  1. Entry filing = $350
  2. Service fee (any us ports) = $50
  3. U.S. customs duty/tax = (if any) HTC / HTS /harmonized-tariff-code (after 2nd HTC /supplier) or call/email U.S. customs import specialist team (government/our fees)
  4. Merchandise processing fee (MPF) (. 003464 x your Invoice value) (min of $25 and max of $485) (government fees).
  5. If subject-to: FDA , EPA/DOT, USDA , FWS and etc. U.S. government agency submission fee $85 + messenger submission fee $45 and etc fee (government/our fees).
  6. If x-ray inspection / intense examination / VACIS / tailgate / ibet / cet / A-TCET / met / ean and etc. + exam processing fee $40 (government/our fees).
  7. Service agreement (if any) and Single Entry Bond fees (if any) / subject-to Single Entry Bond fees (if any) / continuous import bond (if any) (U.S. customs requirement).
  8. If you have own continuous bond or Single Entry Bond please email us copy of the bond, before your entry is filed with U.S. customs.
  9. After customs clearing is done and paid (check or wire only): pick-up your own shipment, trucking arrangement, your airline fee (if any) and /or your airline warehouse (if any).

On-site (type 2): if you are hand-carrying the shipment(s) in to us airport and if you need us to be at airport.

Customs clearing fees and U.S. customs fees:

  1. Entry filing=$350
  2. Service fee=$500 + $300 hour + travel time (estimating $300).
  3. U.S. customs duty/tax = (if any) HTC / HTS /harmonized-tariff-code (after 2nd HTC /supplier) or call/email U.S. customs import specialist team (government/our fees)
  4. Merchandise processing fee (mpf) (. 003464 x your Invoice value) (min of $25 and max of $485) (government fees)
  5. If subject-to: FDA , epa/dot, USDA , FWS and etc. U.S government agency submission fee $85 + messenger submission fee $45 and etc fee (government/our fees)
  6. If x-ray inspection / intense examination / VACIS / tailgate / ibet / cet / A-TCET / met / ean and etc. + exam processing fee $40 (government/our fees)
  7. Service agreement (if any) and Single Entry Bond fees (if any) / subject-to Single Entry Bond fees (if any) / continuous import bond (if any) (U.S. customs requirement)
  8. If you have own continuous bond or Single Entry Bond please email us copy of the bond, before your entry is filed with U.S. customs
  9. After customs clearing is done and paid (check or wire only): pick-up your own shipment, trucking arrangement, your airline fee (if any) and /or your airline warehouse (if any)
  10. Estimating total $3,000 (this must be pre-paid)

Remote (type 1) and/or on-site (type 2):

Let your factory/supplier know, that we are the notify party: (you/we will be notified by your airline to clear your shipment with us custom, day before your shipment is in us).

  • US Customs Clearing
  • 2018 pacific coast hwy, suite #201. Lomita, CA 90717
  • Ph: 714-855-3556 / info@uscustomsclearing. Com