Exam 6 or 7 Days Before
- Importer received Arrival Notice / Invoice (Aug 8 2014)
- Importer received VACIS Exam Notice / Arrival Notice / Invoice
- Importer received & your CSF warehouse received Release-Order / Turn-Over / Freight-Release
- After your shipment is Cleared by US Customs and you paid your Freight Forwarder, 2 days BEFORE shipment in US Port & your Freight Forwarder is emailing Exam notice.
- After your shipment is Cleared by US Customs and you paid your Freight Forwarder, 2 days AFTER shipment is in US Port & your Freight Forwarder is emailing Exam notice.
- Customer receiving.
- Nov 03 2014, Customer received arrival notice
- Nov 10 2014, Customer received arrival notice with VACIS EXAM.
- Nov 13 2014, Customer received arrival notice with INTENSIVE EXAM
- Importer receiving CBP Hold Notice from Freight Forwarder.
Note: Final ruling by U.S. customs/agencies for ISF filing (part 1-2) is 6 years and for customs entry filing (part 2-2) is 5 years.
- Customs broker = broker between U.S. Customs and importer only: to transmits importer info/documents, way it was received from you and your-vendors, to U.S. Customs
- Customs broker = is not a broker between you and your-vendors (factory / supplier / forwarder / warehouse / shipping-company / CET-exam site, us agencies and etc. )
- Please pay all your-vendors directly ( ASAP ), to avoid our $50. If amending/up-dating your entry filing. If entry must be refile (click here $)
- Importer is responsible for all fees/us laws/liability/exam/permit(s)retroactive(backdate) document (BL, arrival notice and etc. ) case file: federal court U.S. attorney's.
- Your responsibility = your shipment / money / profit / sells / documents / permit, your-vendors (factory/supplier/forwarder and etc. ), your arrangement/negotiation and etc.
- Exam notice by freight forwarder: LCL arrival notice, full container arrival notice. AD/CVD , fumigation, emergency action notifications can be $1,000's.
- Fumigating your shipment can be $7,205, vacuum cleaning can be $1,900 and A-TCET exam / intensive exam/stop sign / CET exam can be $1,843. 60 / $2,059. 90.
- If exam ( VACIS , NII, x-ray (reefer), IBET, MET, CET and etc,), your freight forwarder will be notifying with arrival notice and Invoice (pay your freight forwarder) (99% time).
- If exam ( CET exam , A-TCET exam, intensive exam/stop sign, IPR, tailgate, emergency action notifications and etc.), importer must pay directly to exam site. (100%)
- If importer / ID=( SSN number or tax-ID/EIN/IRS Number or CAN Number) or any info is off-by-one-digit/letter, U.S. Customs will confiscate/seize your shipment and penalize/fines you.
- And U.S. Customs/agencies can release with detention(hold)/hold/confiscate/penalize/fines/recall/examine/ ISF penalty/Re-ISF filing/issue destroy/re-export and etc.
- Bill of lading / BL (aka: Bill of Sale ) / original / OBL= arrival notice / manufacturers contract agreement / shipping terms = (title to shipment, provisions and etc.)
- You /importer/ consignee is fully responsible for all actions of payment (be aware of scam hijack emails and other scams).
- Before paying us, consignee must verify payment method and amount of payment, and such as our bank account number, western-union account number, check payable to and etc.
- Only valid communication is, if you/importer/consignee/your-vendors is communicating by phone number and email lists from our uscustomsclearing.com/contact-us
The shipping term ( LCL ) is commonly used to describe an international ocean freight service that was designed for shipping boxed, crated or palletized cargo from or to the USA that can’t fill an entire 20′ or 40′ foot container. When you are shipping LCL cargo you are paying for the space that you use in the container, and LCL cargo ocean freight rates are calculated by the volume (per cubic meter/cubic foot) but not by the weight.
There are many advantages in using LCL service for your international shipments:
- it will decreases the shipping cost, you are paying for the portion of the space you are using.
- for inland, you can either drop or pick up the cargo from the CFS /bonded warehouse where they load or unload the container.
- transit time will be the same as if you would have ship a full ocean freight container.
- international moving company can also palletize smaller boxes to eliminate shipping cost extra volume charges.
There is a downside to shipping LCL . Here are some disadvantages of shipping LCL rather than FCL :
- if one of the consignee cargo in the container get exam, the whole container will get exam. You need to share the exam charges with everyone else.
- delay, once the container get to the final port the container needs to transfer to the CFS warehouse for stripping.
- it will take about 7 days from terminal to the CFS before your cargo is available for pick up.
CFS warehouse charges (breakdown, stripping, AMS, handing fee, in and out fee, etc)
1. Importer received arrival notice / freight Invoice from freight forwarder):
- If you look at the all the bs fee ($271), exam fee was add on, even before, US customs issued exam notice to your freight forwarder.
- Look over arrival notice, vary carefully. If there was no exam, there is very good chance you may have paid without knowing.
US customs / agencies could exam your shipment anytime, before/after your receive(d) shipment.
- Final ruling by US customs/agencies for ISF filing (part 1-2) is 6 years and customs entry filing (part 2-2) is 5 years.
- Importer is fully responsible for all laws/liability/fees. Case from federal court us attorney’s (click here).
- Give yourself extra 7 days to cleared/examined by all us agencies, also, other 3 days to unload all shipment from vessel and move it to your warehouse/port.
2. After shipment is us and 7 days before freight forwarder emailing revised arrival notice with VACIS exam hold):
US customs / agencies could exam your shipment anytime, before/after your receive(d) shipment.
- Final ruling by US customs/agencies for ISF filing (part 1-2) is 6 years and customs entry filing (part 2-2) is 5 years.
- Importer is fully responsible for all laws/liability/fees. Case from federal court us attorney’s (click here).
- Give yourself extra 7 days to cleared/examined by all us agencies, also, other 3 days to unload all shipment from vessel and move it to your warehouse/port.
3. Importer / your CFS warehouse receives release order / turnover / freight release, after your forwarder has received all their fees):
US customs / agencies could exam your shipment anytime, before/after your receive(d) shipment.
- Final ruling by US customs/agencies for ISF filing (part 1-2) is 6 years and customs entry filing (part 2-2) is 5 years.
- Importer is fully responsible for all laws/liability/fees. Case from federal court us attorney’s (click here).
- Give yourself extra 7 days to cleared/examined by all us agencies, also, other 3 days to unload all shipment from vessel and move it to your warehouse/port.
- This exam was received from freight forwarder, 2 days before shipment is in us port reason you don't see all the bs fees on this notice, it's because import paid arrival notice/ Invoice to freight forwarder and 4 days later importer received this exam notice.
Reason you don't see all the bs fees on this notice, it's because import paid arrival notice/ Invoice to freight forwarder and 4 days later importer received this exam notice.
6. Importer receiving.
- Nov 03 2014, customer received arrival notice
- Nov 10 2014, customer received arrival notice with VACIS exam.
- Nov 13 2014, customer received arrival notice with intensive exam
7. Importer receiving CBP hold notice from freight forwarder.