When shipping goods internationally, personal or commercial goods should be cleared through customs issuing locations. In the United States, these agencies are called CBP, which is mainly responsible for supervising all goods imported and exported from the United States and ensuring that all goods comply with US laws. Another major function of this agency is to collect import duties. Let’s take a look at customs clearance, CBP and ports.
Let’s take a look at the customs clearance and CBP operation process:
1. Prepare export goods;
2. Goods arrive at the port of departure;
3. Submit ISF;
4. Container ship sails;
5. Customs clearance company submits information to customs and other government agencies;
6. Arrive at the destination.
During this process, you need to provide CBP Form 7501 to the customs (the form is very important).
CBP7501 electronic documents should calculate taxes, which are affected by the following four aspects:
1. Type and quantity of transported goods;
2. Method of importing goods;
3. Price of goods;
4. Import license.
CBP will check whether the goods are contraband, and further ensure whether the goods are acceptable and comply with government regulations, and then decide whether to release them.
Here are some tips for customs clearance:
1. The invoice data should match the data on the bill of lading;
2. Self-service importer;
3. The name of the goods for customs clearance should be less than 20, not too many;
4. Reasonable selection of customs codes;
5. The declared price meets the requirements;
6. Be sure to avoid naming sensitive words.
The prohibited items are as follows:
E-cigarettes;
Three-no products;
Pure batteries;
Hookahs;
Imitation brands;
Food, etc.
Let’s take a look at the things in the port:
Port of Los Angeles (LA):
It is known as the largest container port in the United States. Its seaport has 9 terminals. The rest are bulk cargo and cruise ship terminals.
Port of Long Beach (LB):
The Port of Long Beach is the second largest container port in the United States, with 6 container terminals. The rest are dry bulk, liquid bulk, bulk cargo and ro-ro terminals.
Port of New York:
The largest seaport in the United States, handling more than 5 million TEUs per year. It is located at the mouth of the Hudson River in the northeastern United States and faces the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
The above is the editor’s introduction to US customs clearance, CBP and ports. I hope it will be helpful to you.