U.S. imported product categories and customs clearance procedures

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The United States of America (" The United States ") is a federal constitutional republic consisting of Washington, D.C., the 50 states, and numerous overseas territories, including Guam. The main part of the United States is located in the central part of North America, the CIA World Factbook 1989 to 1996 initial edition of the United States total area is 9,373 million square kilometers, population 333 million, the common English, is a country of immigrants.

 

The United States was originally a settlement of Indians, at the end of the 15th century, Spain, the Netherlands, France, Britain and other immigrants here. Before the 18th century, Britain established 13 British North American colonies along the Atlantic coast of the United States. In 1775, the American people broke out the War of Independence against the colonial rule of the British Empire. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress was held in Philadelphia, and George Washington was the commander in chief of the Continental Army and issued the Declaration of Independence, announcing the formal establishment of the United States of America. At the end of the War of Independence in 1783, Britain recognized the independence of 13 colonies. The United States Constitution was adopted in 1787, establishing a federal state

 

From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War broke out in the United States. Abraham Lincoln led the free states of the North over the slave states of the South. Since then, the United States has ended the state of "half slave and half free", began to fully implement free capitalism, and embarked on the road of rapid development. Between 1803 and 1959, the territory was expanded by means of purchase and war

 

The United States is a highly developed capitalist country, in the two world Wars, the United States and other Allies won the victory, experienced decades of Cold War, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, became the only superpower, in the economy, culture, industry and other fields are in the world's leading position. The White House, Silicon Valley, Wall Street, Hollywood, Broadway and so on all enjoy a reputation around the world. On January 13, 2020, it won the title of the most favored study destination of Hurun to Shanghaupin 2020.

 

Here's a look at what the U.S. imported in 2018:

 

As can be seen from the chart above, the United States had high demand for services in 2018, as well as products such as automobiles and oil.

 

Let's take a look at what the US imports from China:

 

 

From the figure above, we can see that the products imported by the United States from China in 2018 mainly focused on machinery and electronic products, especially computers and transmission devices for radio, telephone and television, accounting for a relatively large proportion.

 

Let's take a look at the origin distribution of imported products in the United States in 2018:

 

 

From the chart above, we can see that the demand for products from China, Mexico and Canada is still high in the United States.

 

Next, Xiaobian will introduce the customs clearance process and precautions in the United States:

 

Taking the United States DDP (Delivered Duty Paid, delivered after tax) to the door as an example, there are usually two ways of customs clearance:

 

1. Customs clearance in the name of the American consignee

 

That is, the American agent who provides the POA to the freight forwarder by the American consignee, and also needs the Bond of the American consignee.

 

2. Customs clearance in the name of consignor

 

That is, the shipper provides the POA to the freight forwarder at the port of shipment, and the freight forwarder then transfers the POA to the agent at the port of destination. The American agent helps the shipper to apply for the importer's customs registration number in the United States, and the shipper needs to buy the Bond at the same time.

 

Matters needing attention

 

1, the above two customs clearance methods, No matter which one is used, must use the US consignee's Tax ID (also known as IRS No.) to clear customs.

 

IRS No. (The Internal Revenue Service No.) is a tax identification number registered with the Internal Revenue Service by a U.S. consignee.

 

2, in the United States, no Bond can not clear customs, no tax number can not clear customs.

 

Customs clearance process under this type of trade:

 

1. Customs declaration and inspection

 

After receiving the arrival notice, the customs broker can apply for customs clearance within 5 days of preparing to arrive at the port or inland point if the documents required by the customs are prepared at the same time.

 

Customs clearance is usually notified within 48 hours by sea and within 24 hours by air. The customs decided to inspect some cargo ships before they arrived at the port.

 

The vast majority of inland points can be Pre-Clear before the ARRIVAL of the goods, but the results will only be displayed after the arrival of the goods (i.e. after the ARRIVAL IT).

 

There are two ways to declare to customs, one is electronic declaration, and the other is that customs needs to review the written documents. Either way, we must prepare the required documents and other data information.

 

2. Prepare customs declaration documents

 

(1) Bill of Lading (B/L);

 

(2) Commercial Invoice;

 

(3) Packing List;

 

(4) Arrival Notice

 

(5) If Wood packaging is available, a Fumigation Certificate or Non Wood Packing Statement is required.

 

The name of the consignee on the bill of lading needs to be consistent with the consignee shown on the latter three documents. If it is inconsistent, a Letter of Transfer written by the consignee on the bill of lading is required before the customs clearance can be carried out by the third party.

 

The name, address and telephone number of S/&C/ are also required on the invoice and packing list. Some S/ S documents in China lack such information and will be asked to supplement it.

 

3. Customs transfer

 

If you are in inland customs clearance, you need to do cut I.T.-- Immediate Transit.

 

We need to provide the I.T., Date Issued, Place Issued and Ended. Inland Customs uses I.T. to control and release.

 

Fourth, release goods

 

(1) In the previous ABI system, the shipping company terminal was directly connected to the customs, which meant that if the customs released in the ABI, the shipping company and the terminal could see it.

 

After the trial of AMS, large-scale shipping companies such as Evergreen, APL, Maersk, COSCO, CSCL, etc., are also connected to AMS, but the docks do not have them, so the customs releases them in AMS.

 

These shipping companies, as well as NVOCC AMS FILER, can be seen simultaneously, and the shipping company helps to update the terminal system simultaneously.

 

(2) The dock/shipping company is networked with the shipping company, if the freight is prepaid, the bill of lading is telex release, as long as the customs release, the dock will automatically release the goods to the truck company.

 

American customers do not need to exchange orders, so American agents have no way to help detain the goods, which is completely different from China.

 

Therefore, the loading port has not received the customer's freight, do not do the shipping company large bill of lading telex release or prepaid freight.

 

(3) For inland delivery of goods to the inland, the shipping company will give a PICK UP after customs clearance, and the agent will notify the freight forwarder after getting this PICK UP, and the truck company will pick up the goods with this number.

 

This number can be obtained only after: A, the goods arrive at the storage yard and get off the container from the train, B, the customs release, C, the shipping company release, and the lack of any item can not be obtained.

 

As a result, inland shipments take a long time to track until the freight forwarder picks UP.

 

In short, the United States agent import goods operation process is as follows:

 

A. Receive the agent's file (should include: 1+B/L, MB/LCOPY+D/C NOTE) and input it to the computer.

 

B. One week before the arrival of the goods, we should ask SSL or CO-LOADER for the arrival NOTICE, so the loading port OP must write the arrival date on the D/C NOTICE, which will help the American agent to check the arrival date in time.

 

C. After receiving the SSL or CO-LO arrival notification, enter it into the computer and send it to the shipper and their customs broker (if you know who) on the same day.

 

D. Receive the original B/L or sea freight from the freight forwarder or customs broker, immediately send the freight and original B/L we need to pay to SSL or CO-LOADER by Courier or express.

 

This will usually arrive within 24 hours and if there is an IC, send it to SSL or fax it to them.

 

After receiving the bill of lading and fee, E.SL input the computer to release the goods. If it is sent to CO-LOADER, they will repeat (article D above) and send it to SSL to release the goods.

 

Therefore, the goods of CO-LO will be released about 1-1.5 days late, and the customer will complain.

 

F. For shipments to the mainland, track the shipment journey until you PICK UP and fax it to the freight forwarder.

 

G. Do the goods at the gate, send D.O. (DELIVERY ORDER) to the truck company after the goods are released, and contact the receiving warehouse until the receipt is confirmed.

 

Some truckers need Pods to get from the truck to the customer.

 

H.oc track the return of boxes to the designated storage yard (ask the customer to sign the return box for confirmation when the goods are released).

 

Major ports in the United States:

 

Port of LOS ANGELES, Los Angeles

 

ATLANTA,GA

 

BALTIMORE,MD

 

BIRMINGHAM - Birmingham, Alabama,AL

 

BOSTON,MA

 

CHARLESTON,SC

 

CHARLOTTE,NC

 

CHICAGO,IL

 

CINCINNATI,OH. Cincinnati

 

CLEVELAND,OH

 

COLUMBUS,OH

 

DALLAS,TX

 

DENVER,CO

 

DETROIT,MI

 

El PASO EI PASO,TX

 

ELIZABETH - Elizabeth, New Jersey,NJ

 

FORT WORTH,TX

 

HOME

 

HOUSTON,TX

 

HUNTSVILLE,AL

 

INDIANAPOLIS,IN

 

JACKSONVILLE,FL

 

KANSAS CITY,MO

 

LAREDO LAREDO,TX

 

Port of LONG BEACH Long Beach

 

LOUISVILLE,KY

 

MEMPHIS,TN

 

MINNEAPOLIS,MN

 

MOBILE MOBILE,AL

 

NASHVILLE,TN

 

NEW JERSEY,NJ

 

NEW ORLEANS,LA

 

NEW YORK Harbor NEW YORK,NY

 

NEWARK,NJ

 

NORFOLK,VA

 

OAKLAND,CA

 

OMAHA,NE

 

PETERSBURG, Virginia PETERSBURG,VA

 

PHILADELPHIA,PA

 

PHOENIX,AZ

 

PITTSBURGH,PA

 

PORTLAND,OR

 

SALT LAKE CITY,UT

 

SAN ANTONIO,TX

 

SAVANNAH,GA

 

SEATTLE,WA

 

ST LOUIS,MO

 

St. PAUL - ST PAUL,MN

 

TACOMA,WA

 

TAMPA,FL

 

WILMINGTON,NC

 

WORCESTER,MA