The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee recently approved the following recommendations to U.S. Customs and Border Protection regarding the reconciliation and post-entry correction processes.
Reconciliation
Reconciliation (click here for more information), which has operated as a prototype for more than 30 years, allows importers to file their entry summaries using the best available information they have on file, electronically flag estimated elements, and then provide the correct elements on a reconciliation entry. The prototype is the exclusive means for reconciling post-summary adjustments to value, HTSUS heading 9802, certain changes in classification, and free trade agreement qualification.
At its Sept. 17 meeting, the last before its anticipated restructuring, COAC recommended the following changes.
- CBP should codify regulations for reconciliation and thereby remove it from the test environment.
- CBP should allow an entry summary to be flagged or unflagged for reconciliation via a post-summary correction.
- CBP should allow antidumping and countervailing duty entries to be flagged for value and HTSUS 9802.
- A courtesy “no file” notification should be sent electronically for reconciliation entries approaching the filing deadline and a query function should be made available to identify unreconciled entries.
Post-Summary Corrections
CBP launched in 2011 a test of PSCs (click here for more information), which are the sole method for the trade community to electronically correct entry summary data presented to and accepted by CBP through the Automated Commercial Environment.
COAC is recommending that CBP codify regulations for the PSC test and remove it from the test environment as well. CBP also recommends that when a PSC is reverted back to the trade CBP should provide a detailed explanation of the reason and include contact information (including email addresses) for follow-up.
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