Exam Notice Fees Document
Some exam are $1,000's (look below for examples). 80% of exam fee are $15-$500, but some are:
- A-TCET exam (anti terrorism contraband enforcement team) ( LCL shipment) = ($2,059. 90 exam fee)
- A-TCET exam (anti terrorism contraband enforcement team) ( LCL shipment) = ($1,843. 60 exam fee)
- A-TCET exam (anti terrorism contraband enforcement team) ( LCL shipment) = ($1,137. 00 exam fee)
- X-ray of 20 feet reefer container = ($1,763. 50 exam fee):
- A-TCET exam (anti terrorism contraband enforcement team) 20 feet of household goods ( HHG ) and personal effects (pe) = ($1554 exam fee)
- A-TCET exam (anti terrorism contraband enforcement team) 45 feet = ($1557 exam fee)
- X-ray exam fee 45 feet = ($735 exam fee)
- Exam was caused by customers unrealistic value of shipment (45 feet container as $6000). Customer was thinking she will be paying duty/tax base on $6000. She underestimated, thinking everyone else is stupid. But at the end, she paid over $6500 for exam, storage, trucking container to exam-site and etc, and 17 days delay. Also, during the unloading, exam site has found 15 torn cartons and 5 crushed cartons. No cargo insurance company will cover damage caused by U.S customs. If cartons was damage before unloading, you maybe able to claim with your supplier / factory / cargo insurance.
- Exam was caused by customers unrealistic value of shipment, while U.S customs was examining, they found wood create was not fumigate (must export)
NOTE: Fumigating exam can be $7,205, other LCL exam, other full container exam and if any, cost of processing of IT / 7512 / 3499 = $195
If you think, it's not cost-effective to pay all the fees (duty/tax, forwarder, trucker, warehouse, ISF filing, customs entry filing, exam and etc. ) you could abandon your shipment. There are three choices, shipment that was refused by U.S customs/agencies. Sample of abandon letter.
- Re-exporting back to vendor / exporting to other-country:
- To export, your must contact your freight forwarder, company that has done your transportation to us port.
- Your current freight forwarder will be helping you with 7512 (ie / immediate exportation) form.
- Local U.S customs officer must sign and if any, agencies officer must sign a 7512 (ie / immediate exportation) form.
- Local = city, county, state that you are in.
- Who is liable: case file: federal court U.S attorney's, importer is responsible for all laws/liable/fees/retroactive.
- Abandon your shipment. Please notify your supplier/us forwarder/carrier and warehouse and us by email only.
- For abandoning, you may be penalize / fines / demurrage / per-diem / destroy / trash / add-dpl and etc.
- Examples of other shipment that was abandon, refused by U.S customs/agencies and was not cost-effective. Sample of FDA hold notice, FDA destroy notice, FDA hold laser detention and FDA release hold.
- Destroy / trash email customs officer, warehouse and us by email only.
- If shipment is import with-out permit / permission hazard, patent, trademark and etc.
- You may be penalize / fines / demurrage / per-diem / destroy / trash / add-dpl and etc.
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 = messenger between U.S customs and importer: to transmits importer info/documents, way it was received from you and your-vendors, to U.S customs
- Customs broker = is not a messenger between you and your-vendors (factory/ supplier/ forwarder/ warehouse/ shipping-company/ cet-exam-site, us agencies and etc. )
- All importer are bound to incoterms (pre-arranged before leaving foreign port, such as: Bill of Lading /bl (sale) / MFG contract agreement / OBL / arrival notice)
- To understand why/who importer must pay, before/after/during shipping, you must review incoterms and contact issuer of Bill of Lading (title to shipment)
- Please review import process, incoterms and etc import requirements by U.S customs. After viewing, if you required a personal assistant: $250 hr / $2000 day + retainer
- Importer is responsible for all fees/us laws/liability/exam/permit(s)retroactive(backdate) document (bl, arrival notice and etc. ) case file: federal court us attorney's.
- Your responsibility = your shipment / money / profit / sales / 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. For 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, ibet, met, cet and etc,), your freight forwarder will be notifying with arrival notice and Invoice (pay your freight forwarder) (99% of the 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 # or tax-id/EIN/IRS# or CAN#) or any info is off-by-one-digit/letter, U.S customs can/will confiscate/seize your shipment and penalize/fines you.
- And U.S. customs/agencies can release with detention(hold)/hold/confiscate/penalize/fines/recall/exam/penalty/re- ISF -filing/issue destroy/re-export/add-dpl and etc.
- Please pay all your-vendors directly ( ASAP ), service fees to avoid our $50. If amending/up-dating your entry filing. If entry must be re-file check here)
- 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#, western-union account#, check payable to and etc,.
- Only valid communication is, if you/importer/consignee/your-vendors is communicating by phone# and email lists from our uscustomsclearing.com/contact-us.