US Customs requirements in the USA
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US Customs requirements in the USA
- US Customs requires a commercial invoice and a asking list for a commercial invoices
- US Customs may require a packing list for individual shipment if subject to inspection
- US Customs has the right to stop, and inspect any shipment they desire
- US Customs will view the paper work on the shipment and accordingly decide if shipment will be inspected
- If ordered for inspection, the customer may be responsible to pay for the inspection fees
- Even if the inspection was initiated by the US Customs, the client will always pay for the inspection fees (if any)
- Around 5% of our shipments are randomly stopped by US Customs for inspection
- First they are subject to review
- Then they may conduct an X-ray exam
- Then, they may ask for more inspection, depending on the shipment.
- A tail gate exam is common for containers, if the suspected anything not up to standards
- Other smaller shipments like boxes, luggage or even pallets may be subject to penning and inspection (only on rare occasions)
- If they still do not like what they see, they may ask for an intensive exam
- US Custom contracts a third party company to do all the logistics from moving the container to unloading to loading
- The problem is the customer has to pay all the inspection exams to the third party company
