American Customs Law, "import" means a vessel loaded with imported goods arrive America import port, the cargo ship unloaded. The customs declaration documents usually by the release of the goods to customs filing.As for the formal declaration formalities, the importer must obtain an importer identification number. The identification number must be marked in the relevant import declaration documents. According to the Americancustoms regulations, require the importer in the first formal import declaration formalities at the same time, the application to fill in the customs form an importer identity proof on the number 5106.

At the request of the importer to submit the instant release import declaration in lieu of declaration of importlicense and the immediate release of the import declaration of the case, the importer shall be in the arrival of the goods to the customs before submit these documents to prepare for its preliminary examination. In this program,the requirements of importers and submit a formal arrival of the goods at the instant release import declarationdocuments to pay estimated tax payable.

Import declaration documents and requirements needed

1 customs form 3461 (application and authorized immediate delivery)

2 commercial invoice

3 packing list (packing list)

4 other documents

5 customs clearance procedures authorized certificate

Commercial invoice and the special customs invoice

1 commercial invoice

According to the relevant provisions, issue commercial invoice must be consistent with the America identical goods commercial trading practice, must include the following contents:

(1) the sales person's name and address;

(2) shipment of the goods, the consignor and consignee;

(3) goods are imported in the United States port or airport;

(4) the time and place of the import of goods, purchase of goods or agreed to buy the person's name andaddress;

(5) cargo shipping marks, number, quantity and type;

(6) with the name, quality grade, size and specifications as well as the trademark etc.;

(7) the goods according to the number of weights and measures its shipment or shipment's quantity or the United States, according to weights and measures;

(8) with the sales unit price and currency to list the number of goods price, the total invoice value;

(9) all cost of goods assume all costs such as FOB, have been included in the invoice price, no lists the corresponding amount;

(10) the commodity exports in the country of export rebate, tax rebates or other discounts must be separatelylisted on;

(11) are not included in the invoice price but participated in the production process, such as project dyes, mould,model, engineering machine parts and economic assistance to these cost;

(12) may require the valuation of the goods properly customs regulations, inspection of any other facts needed for each classification.

Commercial invoices are required to English invoice (4 copies). Each invoice consists of a shipper in the same boat or other traffic tools to a consignee of the goods. Explain as much detail as possible. The invoice should be adopted when the typewriter font. In order to make the goods in the United States to smooth customs clearance,should be the invoice attached to the freight shipping documents or in the shipment of goods sent to the United States when the consignee.

2 special customs invoice

The following goods need special customs invoice by English fill:

(1) shoes requirements "International Footwear Association" made "temporary footwear invoice";

(2) steel product declaration form 5520 "special steel invoice".

Tax payment

Tax payment refers to the final calculation of a batch of imported goods payable or refundable tax or determined.Through the import of liquidation and reflect the Customs for importers decision is final and complete the theory of the. The tax payment notice can effectively make the importer notice any goods imported with original when tax rates of different classified or valuation. If payment rates higher than originally used by the provisions of the tax,the customs shall immediately to the importer out of the additional taxes payable bills. In addition, according to the provisions of the Federal Code America authorization, the Commissioner of customs and Excise for correct factswrong, clerical or not enough to constitute the legal interpretation of any other omissions wrong re payment.