Effective Aug. 30 U.S. Customs and Border Protection will require all imports of beef from Uruguay that are subject to the tariff-rate quota to have a valid export certificate with a corresponding Electronic Certification System transmission at the time of entry or withdrawal from warehouse for consumption. CBP states that this transition from the current email-based process to eCERT will not change the TRQ filing process or requirements; i.e., importers will continue to provide the export certificate numbers from Uruguay in the same manner as when currently filing entry summaries and the format of the numbers will remain the same for the corresponding eCERT transmissions.
CBP states that eCERT uses electronic data transmissions of information normally associated with a required export document, such as a license or certificate, to facilitate the administration of quotas and ensure that the proper restraint levels are charged without being exceeded. Specific data elements are transmitted to CBP by the importer of record (or an authorized customs broker) when filing an entry summary and those data elements must match eCERT data from the foreign country before an importer may claim any applicable in-quota rate of duty. If there is no transmission by the foreign government upon entry, an importer must claim the higher over-quota tariff rate.
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