Notice Fees / Air Way Bill / Arrival Notice
- Air Way Bill / AWB is issued 1-3 days before shipment is us port:
- Export freight forwarder (EFF) = issuer bill of lading (BL) = pre-arranged before leaving foreign port, to warehouse / port / issuer of (AN) ( AWB ) and etc,.
- Import freight forwarder (IFF) = issuer of Airway Bill / AWB (5-7 days before cargo is in us): overseer of cargo to CFS warehouse / port.
Freight released is issued by your import freight forwarder / IFF (issuer of arrival notice = agent of Bill of Lading (BL) / OBL, after you have satisfy your IFF needs customs released is issued by your customs broker / U.S. customs / agencies, after your shipment is cleared and you have paid your entry filing fee, and look 1-11. Bill-of-lading (BL) (aka: straight bill of lading (nonnegotiable) with Telex Release / surrender / Express Release or Original Bill of Lading (OBL). Bill-of-lading (BL) is issued before leaving foreign port by shipper/ NVOCC /OFF/OTI.
Below are the examples:
Page 1. Air-Way-Bill / AWB from Airline
Page 2-8 Split shipment (this Air-Way-Bill / AWB was ORIGINAL with 125 box)
Page 3-8 Split shipment (Air-Way-Bill with 93 box)
Page 4-8 Split shipment (Arrival Notice with 93 box)
Page 5-8 Split shipment (Cargo Manifest with 93 box)
Page 6-8 Split shipment (Air-Way-Bill with 32 box) (Also, it has different IT#, as to first split shipment)
Page 7-8 Split shipment (Arrival Notice with 32 box) (Also, it has different IT#, as to first split shipment)
Page 8-8 Split shipment (Cargo Manifest with 32 box) (Also, it has different IT#, as to first split shipment)
- If air shipment directly with airline, they will be issuing Airway Bill / AWB (99%)
- But, If Export Freight Forwarder has issued Bill of Lading, your Import Freight Forwarder will be issuing Airline Air Way Bill / AWB & Arrival Notice.
- Split ship is charge double, also clearing time will take triple or quadruple of the time normal shipment.
- (Example/look below #1, 2 & 3: Out of 125 boxes, only 93 got on Airline 10 29 2015, other 32 was 2 days later 10 31 2015)
If air shipment directly with airline, they will be issuing air-way-bill / AWB (99%) but, if export freight forwarder has issued Bill of Lading , your import freight forwarder will be issuing airline air-way-bill / AWB and arrival notice.
Here are some reference of air shipment with arrival notice / air-way-bill / AWB / Invoice that could be compare with your arrival notice. (look below) (also, to compare your freight released , ( LCL sea arrival notice, full container sea arrival notice and air way bill/AWB your air warehouse: normally, after 2 free days, your warehouse will charge importer daily storage / demurrage. Your sea/ocean CFS warehouse: normally, after 5 free days, your warehouse will charger importer daily storage / demurrage. Also, before after free days, your warehouse may charge importer in/out fee, forklift, hand pallet, pallets, daily storage / demurrage. And etc. (example of warehouse fee). To understand why/who importer must pay, before/after/during shipping, you must review incoterms and contact issuer of Bill of Lading . (arrival notice glossary)
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 US 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.
- Who is liable: case file: federal court U.S. attorney's, importer is responsible for all laws/liable/fees/retroactive.
- 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.
- Who is liable: case file: federal court U.S. attorney's, importer is responsible for all laws/liable/fees/retroactive.
All importer are bound to incoterms (pre-arranged before leaving foreign port). To understand why/who importer must pay, before/after/during shipping, importer must review incoterms and contact issuer of bill of lading / arrival notice LCL / FULL. Incoterms published by international chamber of commerce and recognized by united nations commission on international trade law as global common terms.
- U.S. freight forwarder issues arrival notice/( LCL /full), six or seven days before importer shipment is in us.
- Arrival notice/( LCL /full) is us freight forwarder (unload from vessel and moving it to warehouse) is reflection of Bill of Lading (instruction/permit to load onto vessel)
- Arrival notice/( LCL /full) is U.S. freight forwarder terms-of- Bill of Lading , agreement, including the date of transfer, timing of payment, title to your shipment and other provisions.
- All shipment are pre-arrange by issuer (importer/supplier/factory/mover-shipper) of Bill of Lading (aka / ie: bill-of-sale / shipping terms (loader terms), before the shipping.
- Most of pre-arrangement are CIF terms = are done with-out paying all vendor, such as arrival notice ( LCL /full), warehouse/port, ISF filing, customs clearing, exam and etc.
- After you have pay your arrival notice / Invoice (sea LCL /full/ AWB ) to your us freight forwarder, they will be email a freight released (turnover / freight-release /. Carrier-released / released-order / steam-ship-release) to you, your warehouse, port, trucker, customs broker and etc.
Why can't supplier / factory / shipper / shipping-company arrange us domestic trucking, ISF filing and customs entry.
- Most of foreign supplier / shipper (issuer of Bill of Lading ) vary limited contact with domestic trucker and customs broker
- Your supplier in business of MFG and your shipping-company in business of shipping, they are not in business of knowing US customs rule and regulations, we are.
Note:
- To arrange sea shipping, arranger must be your supplier or licenses by fmc.gov ( NVOCC / OFF / OTI) = issuer of Bill of Lading / LCL arrival notice / full arrival notice.
- To arrange air shipping, arranger must be your supplier or licenses by international air transport association ( IATA ) = issuer of Bill of Lading / air-way-bill ( AWB )
- To arrange domestic trucking, arranger must be licenses by FMCSA.gov (mc# / dot#) / must have "filer-code" from US customs = issuer of pick-up- Bill of Lading .
- To file ISF and customs entry (customs agent / customs broker), filer must have "filer-code" from US customs = issuer of customs release documents.
Note: final ruling by US 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 US customs and importer only: to transmits importer info/documents, way it was received from you and your-vendors, to US customs
- Customs broker = is not a broker between you and your-vendors (factory / supplier / forwarder / warehouse / shipping-company / cet-exam-site, U.S. agencies and etc. )
- Please pay all your-vendors directly (asap), to avoid our $50 (service fees to avoid). Check here if amending/up-dating your entry filing. And check here if entry must be re-file.
- 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 # or tax-id/EIN/IRS# or can#) or any info is off-by-one-digit/letter, US customs will confiscate/seize your shipment and penalize/fines/etc you.
- And uscustoms/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#, 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.
- LE / IT / TE ( ISF 5) / 7512 preparation instructions.