The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America will submit a comment to CBP on the proposed rule (see 1908130031) aimed at tackling the problems of compliance for non-resident importers, according to Mary Jo Muoio, senior vice president, Trade Services and Government Relations, for Geodis USA. Muoio, who was responding to CBP Deputy Commissioner Bob Perez at the NCBFAA Governmental Affairs Conference in Washington Sept. 23, said the rule would have unintended consequences, because self-filers would not have to subject themselves to the same scrutiny.
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CBP is planning to put out some more information about the power of attorney requirements for customs brokers filing Type 86 entries, a CBP official said during a Sept. 12 call with software developers. The agency's Type 86 test notice (see 1908120019) mentions that CBP is "requiring that consignees intending to file an entry type '86' appoint a customs broker to act as the importer of record (IOR) for the shipment" and that "customs brokers must be designated to enter qualifying shipments through a valid power of attorney." While filing Type 86 entries is considered "customs business," CBP's "intention was not to have a broker go out and get thousands of powers of attorney when they're doing these type of shipments," the CBP official said. "So we are working with our attorneys to get some kind of clarification out there of what we mean by 'power of attorney,'" she said. For Type 86 entries that are subject to the Section 301 tariffs on China, CBP does not "expect" the filer to include Chapter 99 tariff numbers that are required for other entries with Section 301 goods, the official said.
CBP offered a review of the Section 321 data pilot (see 1907220025) and the Type 86 entry test (see 1908120019) in a new document posted by the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America. The data pilot is meant to "more clearly and accurately identify the entity causing the 321 shipment to move, the final recipient, and the contents of the package," CBP said. The ACE Type 86 entry test is hoped to give "greater visibility into the de minimis universe for both CBP and [partner government agencies] PGAs while ensuring regulatory requirements are met." The data pilot is limited to nine participants, while the Type 86 test is open to all customs brokers and self-filers.
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CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
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CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:
CBP is issuing a notice formally announcing the beginning of a pilot to test a new type of informal entry in ACE for low-value shipments. New entry type 86 will allow importers of goods valued under the $800 de minimis level to file a less complex entry, including for goods subject to partner government agency (PGA) requirements, “and will expedite the clearance of compliant Section 321 low-valued shipments,” CBP said. The test will begin “no earlier than,” Sept. 28.
The lack of information provided to the government for low-value shipments is a major impediment to stopping imports of counterfeit goods, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America told the Commerce Department in a July 29 filing. The comments were filed in response to Commerce's request for input on the subject as it prepares a report for the president (see 1907080030). "For de minimis shipments valued at $800 or less, CBP clears shipments by processing data from manifests, which provides only limited data and does not include the information most needed for effective commercial targeting," the group said.