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Ask away with your customs/import related questions.
I’m a licensed customs broker. Don’t work for US Customs, but I’m licensed by them. Exam process is very tough. Took a year of studying. I clear imported goods through customs for companies and individuals. Been in the industry in various aspects since 1992 and a licensed broker since 2013. I handle air and ocean freight, too, plus truck shipments to and from Canada.
I’m in the Chicago area - the biggest US “inland port” from O’Hare and six railroads meeting here.
I have a customer that was peeved we wouldn’t change their long time used classification so they could avoid 15% additional China duties. That’s fraud and we told them customs would be on the lookout for such changes. So they took their business elsewhere. They got away with it for about six months. Then they were caught. They are under investigation by Customs. They had to get a trade attorney. They are looking at a bill for all the back duties as well as fines for fraud. Seems like it’s going to be huge. It may put them out of business.
Ask away with your customs/import related questions.
I’m a licensed customs broker. Don’t work for US Customs, but I’m licensed by them. Exam process is very tough. Took a year of studying. I clear imported goods through customs for companies and individuals. Been in the industry in various aspects since 1992 and a licensed broker since 2013. I handle air and ocean freight, too, plus truck shipments to and from Canada.
I’m in the Chicago area - the biggest US “inland port” from O’Hare and six railroads meeting here.
I have a customer that was peeved we wouldn’t change their long time used classification so they could avoid 15% additional China duties. That’s fraud and we told them customs would be on the lookout for such changes. So they took their business elsewhere. They got away with it for about six months. Then they were caught. They are under investigation by Customs. They had to get a trade attorney. They are looking at a bill for all the back duties as well as fines for fraud. Seems like it’s going to be huge. It may put them out of business.