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As of February 2, 2003, the 24-hour rule is now in full effect. This
rule requires import data to be sent to U.S. Customs 24 hours prior to the
vessel's departure to the United States. Its enforcement means that
the U.S. Customs Service can issue "no load" orders to carriers
who fail to transmit the import data. The major obstacle to
compliance has thus far been the failure to accurately describe the
cargo. It is unacceptable to use the description "freight of
all kind", "consolidated cargo", or worse, not to put in
any description at all.
U.S. Customs answer to these descriptions or non-descriptions is simple: not acceptable. The U.S. Customs web site offers several examples of freight descriptions which are regarded as acceptable and not acceptable for this new manifest rule. An importer might want to consult it for some guidance. For instance: machinery as a description is unacceptable, but metal working machinery is acceptable; autocrats in unacceptable, but new auto parts is acceptable; foodstuffs is unacceptable, but oranges, fish, packaged rice are acceptable. |
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