| Title: | YEAR-END I. D. PROCEDURES |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1994-12-29 |
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TO : ALL ABI BROKERS.
FROM : ANGELA M DOWNEY
SUBJECT : YEAR-END I. D. PROCEDURES
DATE : 12/28/94
943620201
DATE: DECEMBER 28, 1994
FILE: ENT-1-CO:TO:E:O AD
TO : REGIONAL DIRECTORS (COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS)
DISTRICT, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM : DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF TRADE OPERATIONS
SUBJECT: IMMEDIATE DELIVERY PROCEDURES AT YEAR END
PASS TO: ENTRY OFFICERS, ENTRY SPECIALISTS, IMPORT SPECIALISTS,
INSPECTORS, OTHER INTERESTED CUSTOMS PERSONNEL, BROKERS AND
IMPORTERS
THERE HAS BEEN MUCH CONFUSION DUE TO THE LATE PASSAGE OF GATT
LEGISLATION AND THE RESULTING DELAYS IN ACS PROGRAMMING OF BOTH
THE 1995 TARIFF AND MERCHANDISE PROCESSING FEE RATES. ALSO,
INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED ALLOWING THE FILING OF IMMEDIATE DELIVERY'S
(I.D.) FOR MOST IMPORTATIONS WERE NOT GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD. THIS
RESULTED IN SHIPMENTS ENTITLED TO I.D. PRIVILEGE BEING FILED
UNDER NORMAL ENTRY PROCEDURES. IN ADDITION, MANY ELECTRONICALLY
FILED ENTRIES WERE PROCESSED BY THE SYSTEM AS "ENTRIES", NOT
I.D.'S.
THEREFORE, TO ENSURE EQUITABLE AND UNIFORM TREATMENT FOR ALL
FILERS, THE USE OF THE 1995 ENTRY SUMMARY DATE AS THE ENTRY DATE
FOR THOSE SHIPMENTS RELEASED ON OR AFTER DECEMBER 16, 1995, UNTIL
DECEMBER 31, 1994, WILL BE ALLOWED. THIS WILL APPLY EXCLUSIVELY
TO THOSE SHIPMENTS THAT ARE ENTITLED TO THE IMMEDIATE DELIVERY
PROCEDURE.
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS POLICY SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO THE
ENTRY OPERATIONS BRANCH AT (202) 927-1082.
PHILIP METZGER