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Friends who do cross-border e-commerce often ask a question, if they encounter customs inspection of goods, what are the steps and precautions? Today, I will take you to briefly understand the things about the inspection of the US customs。
U.S. Customs inspects various ports, especially containers arriving at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, focusing on toys, infringing goods, counterfeit and shoddy products, imitation brands, etc. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), more than 26,500 shipments containing counterfeit goods were seized nationwide in 2020. If the seized goods are genuine, the total value is estimated to be about $1.3 billion. If these goods are confirmed to be fake, or if the relevant information cannot be provided, they will be confiscated or destroyed by the US Customs。1、There is no written inspection notice in the United States, and foreign customs clearance is declared to the U.S. Customs through the system, and the customs transmits the status of the goods back through the system。2、Customs will concentrate on a certain period of time to inspect most of the containers in the port, select key products and products that are easy to infringe for surprise inspection, which is why the inspection rate will increase sharply during a certain period of time. For example, March and April of each year and November in the second half of the year。3、The U.S. Customs is based on data analysis to randomly sample or check based on the customer's report, so there is a chance of being inspected, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to be inspected, if the inspection is left a good record at the customs, then the inspection will be much better, except for some sensitive products and FDA, FCC products that need to be certified and inspected。4、The inspection of the US Customs is closed, and will not tell you the progress of the inspection in detail, only the completion and incompletion of the inspection。?一、By checking the actual import and export goods and customs declaration documents, it is verified whether the content declared in the declaration process is consistent with the inspection documents and goods；二、Through actual inspection, it is discovered whether there are any smuggling violations such as concealment, false declaration, false declaration, false declaration, or other import and export problems that cannot be discovered in the process of declaration and examination of the form；三、Through inspection, the doubts raised in the declaration and examination process can be verified, and a reliable regulatory basis can be provided for taxation, statistics and follow-up management。?General customs inspection refers to the CBP inspection of the US Customs, and there are some functional departments in the United States, such as FDA departments, CPSC departments, DOT departments, etc., they have the right to carry out additional inspections or detains after CBP release。U.S. CUSTOMS REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT THE DECLARATION OF PICKUP OF IMPORTED GOODS BE MADE AT THE CUSTOMS OFFICE OF THE PLACE OF IMPORT WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE ARRIVAL OF THE GOODS (PORT OF ENTRY). HOWEVER, IMPORTERS CAN OBTAIN PROVISIONAL PICK-UP PERMITS FOR SEA CARGO WITHIN 5 DAYS BEFORE ARRIVAL OF THE PORT AND AFTER THE DEPARTURE OF THE AIRCRAFT OF THE EXPORTING COUNTRY THROUGH THE COMPUTERIZED IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SYSTEM. If you want to check, there will be a corresponding code in the system, such as 7H or 1H, which means that it is an X-ray check. There are 4 common inspection methods for U.S. shipping customs：1）X-RAY EXAM/VACIS EXAM。 X-ray scan or basic examination. Customs requires the submission of customs clearance-related documents (including customs manifests and customs clearance documents) for review, without dismantling the container, which is a simple inspection。2）CET/INTENSIVE EXAM（CONTRABAND ENFORCEMENT EXAM）。Enhanced inspections. This inspection requires unloading to see if the goods are consistent with the actual declaration。3）MET EXAM。Detailed inspection. Details such as the number of boxes, product name, number of products, amount, intellectual property rights and other details need to be checked。4）TAILGATE EXAM。This type of inspection is mainly carried out at the back of the container, mainly to check whether the goods have violated regulations. If customs finds anything suspicious, it orders an intensive inspection。?Manual inspection needs to be divided into 1/3 unpacking inspection, 1/2 unpacking inspection and Full inspection, the time of inspection will also be affected by many different factors, such as whether it is the peak season of inspection, whether the goods are involved in the need to provide certification, whether there is a sensitive product name, generally the customs start inspection 5 to 10 working days will give the inspection results。In order to reduce the inspection rate, it is recommended that cross-border e-commerce logistics do so1、Separate customs declaration, separate customs clearance, not affected；2、There is strict product classification, and all goods are truthfully declared for import and export, so as to avoid the possibility of inspection being confiscated by customs or fined。There are two websites where you can find out about customs clearance1、http://cestracking.calcartage.com 。Enter the container number, the current customs clearance status will appear, such as CBP RELEASED, which means customs clearance. If the container status is INVOICED, it means that the customs clearance bank has settled the fee and can withdraw the container。2、http://webportal.pricetransfer.com 。Enter the container number or the shipowner's bill of lading number to see the progress of the customs inspection。There is no zero inspection rate in the market, to reduce the inspection rate, we must provide customs clearance information consistent with the actual goods, refuse to conceal the report, ship according to law, and do not have a fluke mentality！
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