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Customs
Clearance -- Tips for the Exporter
1. Include
all information required on your Customs invoices.
2. Prepare
your invoices carefully. Type them clearly. Allow sufficient space
between lines. Keep the data within each column.
3. Make sure
that your invoices contain the information that would be shown on a
well-prepared packing list.
4. Mark and
number each package so that it can be identified with the corresponding marks
and numbers appearing on your invoice.
5. Show on
your invoice a detailed description of each item of merchandise contained in
each individual package.
6. Mark your
goods legibly and conspicuously with the name of the country of origin, unless
they are specifically exempted from the country-of-origin marking requirements,
and with such other marking as required by the marking laws of the United
States. Exemptions and general marking requirements are detailed in Chapters 29
and 30.
7. Comply
with the provisions of any special laws of the United States which may apply to
your goods, such as the laws relating to food, drugs, cosmetics, alcoholic
beverages, radioactive materials, and others. (See Chapters 33, 34 and 35.)
8. Observe
closely the instructions with respect to invoicing, packaging, marking,
labeling, etc., sent to you by your customer in the United States. He or she has
probably made a careful check of the requirements which will have to be met when
your merchandise arrives.
9. Work with
U.S. Customs in developing packing standards for your commodities.
10.
Establish sound security procedures at your facility and while
transporting your goods for shipment. Do not give narcotics smugglers the
opportunity to introduce narcotics into your shipment.
11. Consider
shipping on a carrier participating in the Automated Manifest System.
12.
If you use a licensed customs broker to handle the transaction, consider
using a firm that participates in the Automated Broker Interface (ABI).
Source:
U.S. Customs Service
http://www.customs.gov
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