In House Customs Seminars

Piña Customs Advisory Services (PCAS) conducts private in-house seminars customized to the client’s import requirements. Seminar topics include:

• The Legal Requirements of Importing Merchandise into the United States:
  -An overview of the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
  -The Power of Attorney
  -The Customs Bond
  -Selecting the Customs Broker
  -The concepts of Reasonable Care and Informed Compliance
  -Recordkeeping Requirements
   

• Chapters 3, 4, 5 NAFTA – “Trade in Goods”:
  -The NAFTA Rules of Origin
  -Preparing the NAFTA Certificates of Origin
  -NAFTA Origin Verifications
  -Exporter’s / Importer’s Responsibilities
   

• The Customs Valuation of Imported Merchandise:
  -Transaction value
  -Deductive value
  -Computed value
  -The Actual Cost Submission Report and the ACS Reconciliation Prototype
   

• Reducing Customs duties and fees by Using Preferential Tariff Provisions:
  -9801.00.10, HTSUS
  -9801.00.20, HTSUS
  -9802.00.50, HTSUS
  -9802.00.80, HTSUS
   

• The Classification of Imported Merchandise:
  -The General Rules of Interpretation
  -Parts and Accessories
  -Sets
  -E-Rulings
   

• Country of Origin Marking Requirements:
  -Marking requirements
  -Exceptions
  -Waivers
  -Redelivery
  -Marking Penalties
   

• Determining the Country of Origin of Imported Goods:
  -The traditional substantial transformation test
  -Determining the country of origin of goods produced in North America- the Part 102
  Rules of Origin.
   

• 19 U.S.C. §1592 Penalties:
  -The Pre-penalty Notice
  -The Penalty Notice
  -Levels of culpability: negligence, gross negligence and fraud.
  -Guidelines on reporting mistakes to Customs.