Shipping Customs Clearing Sea/Ocean
Below are ISF filing, 24 hours before your shipment is about to leave foreign port, but if you are filing ISF, 23 hours and 59 minutes before your shipment is about to leave foreign port or has left foreign port. If you have any questions please call (213-270-1930) or email.
Please fill out Service Agreement and email photos-picture your Drivers License. All sea shipments to U.S., has a two part of requirement by U.S. Customs, ISF filing (part 1-2) and customs entry filing (part 2-2)
- ISF filing ($95 + continuous bond or single ISF bond) = filing 24 hours before a shipment is scheduled to depart from a foreign port. but if you have 23 hours and 59 minutes before leaving or have left a foreign port. (Part 1 of 2) (ISF Type)
- Customs clearing entry filing fees can be checked here. A customs clearance entry must be filed to claim or pick up your shipment and could be filed five days before your shipment is in a US port. (Part 2 of 2) (type 1)
- After or before ISF and Customs have been filed with US Customs, you will be receiving an invoice. Payment can be made via wire transfer, Western Union, or personal/company check by emailing ([email protected]) prior to mailing the original.
- All importers are bound by incoterms (pre-arranged before leaving a foreign port). Review the incoterms and contact the bill of lading issuer to understand why/who the importer must pay before, after, or during shipping.
Let your supplier, factory, or shipping company know that we are the notify party or customs broker: (this will help you or us to clear your shipment 5 days before your shipment is in the us. )
US Customs Clearing
2018 Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite #201. Lomita, CA 90717
Ph: (213) 270-1930 (CA) | [email protected]
The processes for ISF filing (Parts 1-2) and Customs clearing entry filing (Part 2-2) are detailed below. If you have any questions, please call or email me.
- ISF must be filed 24 hours before your shipment or vessel is allowed to leave a foreign port, or US Customs may levy a penalty, lien, fine, or liquidated damage of up to $5,000 per shipment and "ISF-Hold," (regardless of the value of your shipment) ALL SEA SHIPMENTS REQUIRE AN ISF and must have a single ISF bond and/or continuous Continuous Bond. Import requirements by US Customs (Type 1).
- When your shipment is about to depart from a foreign port, 2 to 5 days prior, your vendor/supplier will be sending you with the following:
- Documents (ISF form, invoice proforma, packing list, bill of lading and etc.).
- HTC Code
- Photo Pictures of Import or Export items.
- Photo pictures of labels, marks, stamps or outside of boxes/crates
- Materials that is made out of
- If items are fabric/textile, it must have %(example: cotton%, woven%)
- Fumigation Certificate (if needed)
- Country of Origin Certificate
- All related Documents
- All info must be U.S. Dollar and English
- No zip file, links and shared folder
Note: Only Excel, Word and PDF files is accepted by us and U.S. Customs. All importer are bound to incoterms (pre arranged before leaving foreign port). Must review Incoterms for better understanding.
- If you have not received any or all of the above-mentioned documents (#2), we can contact your supplier, factory, moving company, shipping company, or carrier, and we can do the majority of the work for you. All we need is your supplier/shipping company's info (email and name). All emails will be copied to you so that everyone is on the same page. Or you could give our email to your supplier or shipping-company and have them email us or you.
- Before we could file your ISF and Entry:
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- If your proprietorship or name appears on your bill of lading (Bill of Sale), please fill out the service agreement (here) with your number and email a photo of your driver's license (1).
- If your ISF info and Bill of Lading (aka; Bill of Sale) has your inc or corp or llc companies name, please fill out Service Agreement with tax-id/ein/irs# and email photo-picture of driver licenses (type 1)
- US citizen moving back into us with personal used items, fill out Service Agreement with SSN# + 3299 supplemental declaration form + photo-picture of us driver licenses and passport, visa (type 3)
- Foreign person/company/government importing personal-used items/commercial-goods/trade-show, fill out Service Agreement with can#, if not, apply can# (CAN application form), and email passport, visa. (type 1) (type 3)
- If you are the importer/consignee and you are authorizing your spouse/family/friend/employees/other-person, please email photo of their driver license and any info that help us/ U.S. Customs bonded warehouse/ port/ U.S. Customs.
- If importer-id (SSN# or tax-id/ein/irs# or can#) is off-by-one-digit/letter and/or any info, U.S. Customs/agencies can/will confiscate/seize/penalize/fines/examine/ISF-hold/ISF-penalty/ refile-ISF/ refile-entry/add-to-dpl and etc. Streamline all documents, permits, (if any) and etc., before submitting to us/U.S. Customs/agencies. importer is responsible for all laws/liable/fees/retroactive(backdate): case file: federal court / us attorney’s.
- Before ISF can be filed, U.S. Customs requires you to have single ISF bond or continuous import bond at the time of filing, no matter what value of your shipment is!!! if you needing a bond, you can purchase by:
- Calling us or emailing us and confirming a single ISF bond, after your confirmation it can be done within 30 minutes (ISF Fees). single ISF bond and Single Entry Bond can be used only one time.
- Or you could apply for continuous import bond / cib / cb. The continuous import bond / cib / cb will eliminate single ISF bond fees and most of Single Entry Bond fees for next 365 days, but, it takes 5-8 working days (2 weeks) to be approved and issued by us/underwriter/U.S. Customs/CBP. CIB are good with all us ports, air, sea, forwarder and U.S. Customs broker. (bond is not an licenses/permits to import).
- Single ISF bond is to file ISF only, before leaving foreign port. Single entry bond is to file customs clearing entry only, when shipment is in us port: they are two different bonds.
- If this is your first and last import or shipment value is vary low, i suggest using a single ISF bond and Single Entry Bond. If you have your own continuous import bond / cib / cb or single ISF bond, email us, before ISF is filed, if received after your ISF has been filed, you will be charge for re-filing of ISF. See here if you are filing late ISF.
- After/before we have filed ISF with U.S. Customs, you will be receiving our ISF filing Invoice and/or ISF transaction # (U.S. Customs confirmation #) that is issued by U.S. Customs, within 3-4 hours. Payment can be made by. company or personal check (if Invoice is lower than $300), made payable to U.S. Customs clearing and photo copy / scanned-email to ( [email protected] ) before mailing the original check to 2018 Pacific Coast Hwy #201, City of Lomita, ca. 90717. As we receive your emailed/faxed check, we will electronically scan (deposit) the check to our bank. otherwise, payment must be with wire-transfer or direct-deposit-to-our-bank or western-union (no credit-cards (too many hackers), no money-order, no cashiers-check, no bank-check, no e-check, no others) all payment must be cleared with our bank and our accounting office, + U.S. Customs (if any) + all us government agencies (if any) + etc. (if any).
- See here to track your sea shipment and type in your mbl#.
- Summary: fill out Service Agreement + email photo of driver license/passport + ISF filing $95 + single ISF bond and/or continuous bond + email all documents relating to shipment. Check here when filing late ISF.
- All importer are bound to incoterms (pre-arranged before leaving foreign port). To understand why/who importer must pay, before/after/during shipping, you must review incoterms and contact issuer of Bill of Lading.
- Customs broker = messenger 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 messenger between you and your-vendors (factory/ supplier/ forwarder/ warehouse/ shipping-company/ exam-site, us agencies and etc. ). Importer is responsible for all laws/liable/fees/retroactive.
For all sea/ocean shipment(s) customs clearing entry filing (part 2-2):
- Six or seven days before your shipment is in us port, you will be receiving a arrival notice from your freight-forwarder / shipping-company moving-company / vessel-company / carrier / factory / supplier / customs broker. All importer are bound to incoterms (pre-arranged before leaving foreign port). To understand why/who importer must pay, before/after/during shipping, you must review incoterms and contact issuer of Bill of Lading.
- If you have not receive the arrival notice 6 or 7 days before your shipment is in us port, contact us ASAP. we can begin to clear your shipment with U.S. Customs (pre-clearances), 5 (five) days before your shipment is in us port. clearing your shipment with U.S. Customs, can take up-to 72 hours (if there are no exams/subject-to/us gov and etc. ). clearing early may save storage/diem/demurrage fees/time and etc.
- If you have not email us, please email all copies of documents (arrival notice, Invoice, Packing List, Bill of Lading/bl/obl) + HTC code + continuous-bond or single entry bond or subject-to Single Entry Bond) + photo-pictures-of-import/export items. + materials that is made out of, on all documents. + if fabric/textile, must have% (ie: cotton%, woven% and etc. ) + fumigation-certificate (if any) + country-of-origin-certificate (sample) + photo-pictures of labels/marks/stamp, out-side of boxes/crates and etc + all related documents + all info must be us dollar and english. no no zip /links/shared folder. "only excel, word and pdf file is accept by us/U.S. Customs".
ALSO:
POA (power of attorney) must be signed and filled-out, front of a notary-public with your us driver licenses (state/federal-picture-id / resident-id / passport) with proof of importer-id.
- If your ISF info and Bill of Lading (aka; Bill of Sale / shipper-terms) has your individual or sole proprietorship name, please notarize POA and email color-photo of notarized POA with driver licenses. (type 1).
- If your ISF info and Bill of Lading (aka; Bill of Sale / shipper-terms) has your inc or corp or llc companies name, please notarize POA and email color-photo of notarized POA with driver licenses. (type 1).
- U.S. citizen moving back into us with your personal used items, notarize POA and notarize-3299 supplemental declaration form and email POA and 3299 with passport and us driver license. (type 3).
- Foreign person/company/government importing personal used items/commercial goods/trade show: must have/apply CAN #, notarize POA . Email POA and passport / visa. It takes 3-90 days to clear.
- If you are the importer/consignee and you are authorizing your spouse/family/friend/employees/other-person, please email photo of their driver license and any info that help us/ U.S. Customs bonded warehouse/ port/ U.S. Customs.
- Most of notary are free from banks, if you are a bank customer with credit card or bank account. or you could google (notary public) yourself and pay extra fee for your convenience, if you are in foreign country.
- Again, please email color photo of driver license, signed notarize and tracking#, before fedex/ups/DHL(ing) original notarize forms to: (U.S. Customs Clearing 2018 Pacific Coast Hwy #201, City of Lomita, CA. 90717).
- If importer ID (example: SSN#, Tax ID/EIN/IRS# or CAN#) is off by one digit, U.S. Customs will confiscate/seize/penalize/fines/examine/ISF hold/ISF penalty/ refile-ISF/ refile-entry/DPL and etc. Streamline all documents, permits, (if any) and etc., before submitting to us/U.S. Customs/agencies.
- Before customs clearing entry can be filed, U.S. Customs requires you to have a Single Entry Bond or Continuous Import Bond / CIB / CB at that time, email us your bond copy, if not you could purchase by:
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- Calling us or emailing us and confirming a Single Entry Bond, after your confirmation it can be done within 30 minutes, check to view cost. Single bond can be used only one time.
- Or you could apply for Continuous Import Bond / CIB / CB. The Continuous Import Bond / CIB / CB will eliminate single ISF bond fees and most of Single Entry Bond fees for next 365 days, but, it takes 5-8 working days (2 weeks) to be approved and issued by us/U.S. Customs/CBP. CB are good for all us ports, air, sea, us forwarder and U.S. Customs broker. (bond is not an licenses/ permits to import).
- Single ISF bond is to file ISF only, before leaving foreign port. Single entry bond is to file customs clearing entry only, when shipment is in U.S. port, and they are two different bonds.
- If this is your first and last import or shipment value is vary low, I suggest using a Single Entry Bond.
- If your shipment value is less than $2,500, Single Entry Bond is not required, but there are some restrictions: subject to (FDA/USDA/all other U.S. government agencies).
- U.S. citizen moving back into U.S. with personal used items: Single Entry Bond is not required, but, there are some restrictions: subject to agencies, fill out supplemental declaration CF 3299.
- Single entry bond for standard shipment, Single Entry Bond for AD / CVD relate shipments and Single Entry Bond relate to FDA, USDA, lacey-act, FWS, hazard and etc.
- If you have your own Continuous Import Bond / CIB / CB or Single Entry Bond, email us before entry is filed U.S. Customs, if received after your entry has been filed, you will be charge for re-filing of entry.
- Summary of customs clearing fees and look at number 1-12.
- Before/after customs entry is done, you will be receiving an estimate Invoice, payment can be made by company or personal check (if Invoice is lower than $300), made payable to U.S. Customs clearing and scanned-email to ( [email protected] ) a check copy, before mailing the original check to 2018 pacific coast Hwy #201, City of Lomita, CA. 90717, as we receive your emailed check, we will be electronically scanning (depositing) the check to our bank. Otherwise, payment must be with wire transfer or direct deposit to our bank or western union (no credit card; too many hackers), no money-order, no cashiers-check / e-check), all payment must be cleared with our bank and our accounting office, + U.S. Customs (if any) + all us government agencies (if any) + etc. (if any), see disclaimer for more info, if payment is not receive in full amount with wire fee and etc. Fees, no customs release (7501, 3461 or 3299, do/ dad, if any ABI report and if any other forms) given to consignee. consignee/importer must bear all expenses involving/relating to payments. 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-vendor is communicating by phone# and email lists from our contact us page.
- If your shipment is subject-to FDA, USDA, lacey act, any U.S. government agencies, AD / CVD, trademark, patent and etc. , you must notify us/U.S. Customs/agencies, 14 working days before shipment is in us port and before entry is filed with U.S. Customs. otherwise U.S. government agencies will/may penalize/fines/dpl you and/or you will be paying for two entries (fee) or more, one with us and other with local broker. please do not assume, that U.S. Customs/we will know the items you are importing, only importer/consignee is responsible for all notification to us/U.S. Customs and for all import permits by U.S. government/U.S. Customs can reclassify your shipment as FDA, USDA, FWS, any U.S. government agencies, AD / CVD, hazard, patent, recall and etc. , before/after you receive shipment, any U.S. agencies, can hold or release with detention/hold or issue destroy / export).
- If U.S. Customs and/or U.S. government agencies finds any violation/misleading/missing information of importation, U.S. Customs may confiscate/penalize/fines/recall/examine/ISF-penalty/re-ISF-filing, ISF hold, re-entry filing, DPL and etc., to a U.S. importer/exporter shipment(s) and recall the U.S. importer/exporter, anytime, up-to 5 years. Please disclose detailed descriptions of shipment on all documents (Invoice, Packing List, Bill of Lading and etc. ) with HTC/HTS code, material that is made out of and etc. importers/exporter are responsible for all fees and U.S./international laws.
- If any exam by U.S. Customs/agencies: who will be receiving exam notice, first / who will be notifying exam to you/importer/consignee and customs broker.
- Most of exam are issue 6-7 days before your shipment is in U.S. port, by U.S. Customs/agencies to your us freight forwarder. only then, your forwarder will notify you and your customs broker with exam notice at arrival notice.
- Your customs broker can receive exam notice as “manifest hold”, but only after, customs broker has filed your customs entry, of your info/documents (arrival notice, Invoice, Packing List, bl and etc) to U.S. customs/agencies.
- So, beyond this point, your broker could do, shipment-query every 24-48 hour using ABI, for up-date, but, your forwarder is notify immediately by U.S. Customs/agencies, since, your forwarder is moving cargo to destination.
- U.S. customs/agencies could notify your us freight forwarder by email/fax/phone/freight-software: (to-continue or stop for exam or move-it-to-exam-site and etc. ) (99% of all exam notices are from your freight forwarder).
- Arrival notice: is issue by your us freight forwarder to importer, to over seeing, unloading from vessel and moving it to your CFS warehouse / terminal / port. (99% of all exam notices are from your freight forwarder).
- All importer are bound to incoterms (pre-arranged before leaving foreign port). To understand why/who importer must pay, before/after/during shipping, you must review incoterms and contact issuer of Bill of Lading.
- Bill of lading (aka / i.e.: Bill of Sale) = arrival notice = shipping terms = manufacturer contract agreement / (shipping agreement, shipping timing of payment, title to your shipment, other provisions and etc. ).
- Customs broker = messenger 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 messenger between you and your-vendors (factory/ supplier/ forwarder/ warehouse/ shipping-company/ exam-site, U.S. agencies and etc. ).
- If exam (VACIS, nii, x-ray, ibet, tailgate, met and etc. ) are done, exam-site will forward the Invoice to your forwarder. exam fee will be add it to your new revise arrival notice from your forwarder. (99% of the time).
- If exam (CET exam, A-TCET exam, intensive exam/stop sign, IPR, tailgate, emergency action notifications and etc.,), your exam-site will be notify you and broker, importer must pay directly to exam site. (100% of the time).
- For U.S. Customs/dhs/agencies to examining cargo/containers is more important than scanning emails. container/shipment could contain, almost anything, such as: ("terrorism's trojan horse attack" and others. ).
- All importer are bound to incoterms (pre-arranged before leaving foreign port). To understand why/who importer must pay, before/after/during shipping, you must review incoterms/icc/uncitral and contact issuer of Bill of Lading. Customs broker is messenger between U.S. Customs and you, only. to transmits importer info/documents, way it was received from you and your-vendors, to U.S. Customs. There are 10 party involved with 9 vendors payment or more:
- you/importer
- your factory/supplier
- issuer of Bill of Lading / shipper/ loader to vessel/ aka: your foreign forwarder/trucking and etc.
- cargo insurance/maritime law /all risk / total lost
- ISF filing / sea only
- customs clearing entry filing
- issuer of arrival notice LCL / us forwarder/ unloader from vessel and moving it to CFS warehouse payment) / arrival notice full container / un-loader at port payment
- CFS warehouse payment / LCL shipment
- US customs exam fee
- domestic trucking arrangement payment or pick-up your shipment yourself.
- Please pay all your vendors directly (ASAP), to avoid our + $50 reimbursement service fee + $47. 50 fed-ex over night. if you received Original Bill of Lading/OBL, if amend/up-dating your entry filing.
- After/before customs clearing entry is done and paid: if you need trucking arrangement from us, to pick-up your shipment?, your U.S. freight forwarder agent fee (if any), your warehouse fee (if any) and exam fee (if any).
- After/before receiving your shipment, if missing/damage/etc., contact your supplier/factory, trucker, arrival notice/carrier/shipping-co, warehouse / seaport terminal / airline and cargo insurance(maritime law/all-risk/total-lost)
- If you received any documents from anyone, relating to this shipment, please forward all the email, ASAP. 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.
Notes: (below is very important information, please read immediately)
- Before you import, check your HTC/HTS/harmonized-tariff-code (duty) classifications and anti dumping duty (add) and countervailing duty (CVD) / trade.gov / directory and etc. importer is responsible for the all classifications of their own goods. Our HTC classification, customs entries filing, ISF filing, email(attach), fax, over-the-phone and etc. are only advisory and not binding. U.S. Customs can reclassify your shipment as subject-to: (FDA, USDA, FWS, any us government agencies, add / CVD, hazard, trademark, patent, recall and etc. ), before/after you have receive(d) shipment, up-to 5 years.
- It's your/importer/consignee responsibility to let us/U.S. Customs know if shipment is subject to any FDA, USDA, lacey-act, FWS, any us government agencies, add / CVD, hazard and etc. 9 days before your shipment in us port, also must be cleared (submitted) by local broker. we only submit documents (Invoice, Packing List, Bill of Lading/bl, arrival notice and relating documents) to U.S. Customs, on-your-behalf. please disclose all info on your documents and forward all documents to us. note: only documents can be given to U.S. Customs is document we received from you.
- If FDA related, in some cases, CBP will release the shipment, but there is still FDA hold on it. you could pick-up your shipment, but can not be sold or altered until FDA hold is lifted. FDA will send notification when you could use or sell or if the shipment must be returned to your vendor or it must be destroyed at importer expense (could cost $100's and $1,000's) and/or refusal documents could be issued by FDA. Sample of FDA action notice of destroyed before shipment is release and FDA telling you to returned back to FDA facility location (all this could take 4 weeks from FDA to notify you). Sample of CBP from 3499/to destroyed and sample destroyed Invoice this applies to all other U.S. government agency, such as FDA/ATF/TTB/DOT/EPA/USDA and etc. Also, USDA/CBP could issue emergency action notifications to re-export or to have fumigation done in U.S.
- Details about U.S. Customs and import requirements can be seen in CBP website. If you received an exam(s) notice / (be aware of scam hijack emails and other scams).
- You/importer is responsible for all fees and are subject to the rules of U.S. Customs as well as federal, state, city, local laws and following-up with us.
- U.S. customs reserves rights to exam your shipment anytime anywhere even after you have received customs release (7501, 3461 or 3299, do/ dad). also, change/amend duty/tax on your past shipment, up-to 5 years back. Customs/government action without notification backdated duty/tax.
- Ask your factory/supplier to do telex release on your shipments, if you do receive original-Bill of Lading/OBL, sign OBL (any spot) and mail the OBL to your us freight forwarder, ASAP and you must pre-pay all fees, trucking fees, warehouse fees, freight forwarder arrival notice fees, customs clearing fees, ISF filing fees, bonds fees, exams fees and etc.
- Continuous import bond will eliminate single ISF bond fees and some of Single Entry Bond fees, for next 365 days, single entry bond application here.
- There are two parts for sea shipment, ISF filing and customs clearing entry filing, for air shipment, international trucking / domestic trucking.
- As your customs clearing arrangement agent, we will be invoicing for you ISF filing related fees and customs clearing related fees, but you may also paying (your vendors): U.S. Customs bonded. Warehouse/container freight station warehouse fees (CFS warehouse fees), trucking arrangement fees, freight forwarder = (LCL arrival notice / full arrival notice / freight released fee), us sea port fees/us airport fees, exams fees, U.S. Customs, other government agencies and other private agencies fees who are involved with your shipment(s) arrangement, all are separate charges. All our ISF and customs entry filing info are on our website and CBP website, but, if need a personal training/course, cost is $2500 a day and/or our/broker retainer fee is $500 per hour. training course is conceded with our years of our acknowledgements. Other than that, don't except us to be on the phone with you all days/hours. Importers are responsible for all fees, us laws and international laws (CBP.Gov)
- Before customs clearing document customs release (CBP form 7501 entry summary, CBP form 3461 or 3299 entry/immediate delivery, pick up order (aka: dad / do) and if any, ABI report) and if any, file notes listing (ABI report) can be released to you, our trucking arrangement Invoice, customs clearing Invoice and ISF Invoice and all our arrangement related service(s) fees must be pre-paid. You/importer/consignee is fully responsible for all actions of payment, before paying us, consignee must verify payment method and amount of payment, such as our bank account#, western-union account, check payable to and etc. You/importer/consignee communication is valid, only if, consignee is contacting us from list of our email and phone# on our website U.S. Customs Clearing. Warning: be aware of scam hijack emails and other scams. payment can be made by company or personal check (if Invoice is lower than $300), made payable to U.S. Customs clearing and scanned-email to ( [email protected] ) a check copy. before mailing the original check to 2018 Pacific coast Hwy #201, City of Lomita, ca. 90717. As we receive your emailed/faxed in check, we will be electronically scanning (depositing) the check to our bank. otherwise, payment must be with wire-transfer or direct-deposit-to-our-bank or western-union (no credit-card, no money-order, no cashiers-check, no bank-e-check, no-other ). all payment must be cleared with our bank and our accounting office + U.S. Customs (if any) + all us government agencies (if any) + etc. (if any). if payment is not receive in full amount with wire fee and etc. Fees, no document will release to consignee. Consignee/importer must bear any expense involved payments.
- If your shipment is full container we will be pre-invoicing you and if LCL shipment is $300 duty/tax or over, we will be pre-invoicing you, all the customs clearing fees, this must be pre-paid.
- After your LCL shipment has been released by U.S. Customs/us and by us freight forwarder/shipping company, please call your us-customs-bonded-warehouse before the pick-up. Warehouse info will be at your (customs release (7501, 3461, do/ dad). ) and # 14 (location of goods-code name(s)/U.S. Customs bonded warehouse. sample of warehouse fees.
- If your LCL shipment, if your shipment is not picked-up on time/date as it stated in your arrival notice within 4 or 5 days, you will be paying extra storage fees + it will be moved to US customs bonded go (general order warehouse) and you/importer will be paying go fees + other extra fees. Please contact your freight forwarder and warehouse for details regarding the last free day (before storage is incurred daily) importers are responsible before importing any items to us and for all fees and us laws and international laws (www.Cbp.Gov).
- All full containers, must be picked up by us-customs-bonded-trucking-company only, from the port. Normally, you have 4 or 5 days to pick-up your shipment from the date port (look arrival notice) received your shipment(s), if pass 5 days, port will be charging you extra storage/demurrage per day. + diem charges, also, it may go to go (general order warehouse) and etc. fees.
- For air shipments, as it stated in your air-way-bill/AWB, they only give 2 free days (normally), after 2 days, they will charge you extra storage fees + go (if any).
- If you need a pre-estimated cost on truck arrangement, before your shipment is in us contact us with pound/lb for each pallet and how many pallets or container size (20/40) and lbs.
- If this is home/house/apartment (residential) delivery: trucker will charge $150 to $500 or more. In most cities, trucks are not allowed on residential streets. Trucker could/may only drop-off your shipment blocks(sidewalk) away from your residential. City could assess fines to you/receiver of shipment up to $10,000, per shipment/container if any parking ticket(s) while waiting to unload or load your shipment(s) or any other fines trucker received, you/importer must pay full amount in cash, to trucker (before unloading).
- For all shipments, we strongly recommend you to get a door to door all risk cargo insurance from your international freight forwarder/shipping to cover damage to your shipment. If you don't have cargo insurance to your shipment and if your shipment is damaged, you will not be able to claim any damage claim. but, if you do have a cargo insurance and if your shipment is damaged, you must contact your international freight forwarder / shipping company (info at your BL) within 24 hours from time you received your shipment with details report and pictures, if not you will not be able to claim any, see the details of insurance here. Insurance must purchase before it leaving the foreign port.
- To avoid our reimbursement service fees, feel free to review these service fees to avoid, we are not a payment center for all your vendors, we are here to clear your shipment with U.S. Customs only.
- If your/importer/consignee shipment is detained/hold by U.S. Customs/CBP and/or any other us government agencies, there is no pro-rate and no refunds and no cancellation on any monies.
- All our service arrangement is no pro-rate and no refunds and no cancellation on any services/payments. All premiums/fees fully earned. consignee must pay full amount of our services and us gov. Fees also, if bond(s) and/or any of our service(s) / arrangement are refused to importer/consignee, no expilations/reasons/causes is given to you/importer/consignee, just a refusal is given only.
- Only, you/importer/consignee is responsible for submitting all the correct (above) documents and in a timely manner, and to keep track of your shipment.
- Before any shipment arrangement, you should negotiate your shipping terms with your supplier/factory and shipping company, otherwise you will be paying each of your vendors. Such as foreign-freight-forwarder, foreign-in-land-trucking, foreign-warehouse, us-freight-forwarder, us-warehouse, us-trucking, U.S. port and etc.
- We reserve the right to refuse any service(s) to consignee/importer, anyone, any-reason, anywhere anytime, any-point, any place with-out notice and with-out no pro-rate and no refunds. Especially we find any rude comments/behavior/disruptive from you/consignee and wasting our time (called more then 3 times and/or email us more then 3 times for same subjects) and etc. Also, if when, we refused our service to any you/importer/consignee, no expilations/reasons/causes will be given to you/importer/consignee, just a refusal is given only.
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If you have any questions please call 213-270-1930, or email, U.S. Customs Clearing for more details.