DDP Entries (Delivered, Duty Paid) Not Affected by New SIMP Requirements, Despite Some Importer Confusion
SEAFOODNEWS.COM by John Sackton - January 19, 2018
NOAA has needlessly engendered confusion in the seafood import community by not clarifying more broadly in its SIMP regulations that ‘Importer of Record” for SIMP does not have the same legal definition as “Importer of Record” for Customs.
Customs allows foreign companies to clear their own goods for sale in the US so long as they employ a resident agent with power of attorney on their behalf. A customs broker can serve this role ...
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