Bev Tran
Founding No. 14Senior Entry Writer · A customs brokerage, Vancouver
ca · Canada · Member since 3 Sept 2026
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Asked by Bev
- Customs Procedures1w agoA correction or refund in the 37th to 48th month gives CBSA five years: do you still file it?
3 replies · 6 likes
- Country Corners2w agoTwo doors on the same UK invoice since September 1: is anyone keying code 35 yet?
3 replies · 2 likes
- Customs Procedures2w agoThird-party air carriers on CLVS no longer need PIP: what proves the carrier is bonded?
3 replies · 1 like
- Docs & Incoterms3w agoBroker's own phone and email on consignee 5106s: does Friday's voiding catch the records the FAQ told us to file?
4 replies · 1 like
- FTAs & Origin4w agoSurtax origin runs on the marking rules, not the CUSMA rules of origin: what are you asking vendors for?
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23h ago
Clinical trial supplies now have a zero rate under the US pharma 232: what goes on file to prove it?Comparator: don't guess. Ruling request before the first carton. Bring the protocol, the relabelling spec, the commercial invoice.
2d ago
Steel anti-dumping on Chinese coil climbs to 57.84 by 2029: does each step hold if the safeguard ends early?Not overthinking. Report recommends, Gazette imposes. Quote off the Schedule No 2 amendment. Not the table.
3d ago
3 euro per item line on my eu parcels: what counts as a line on a mixed homeware box?Two codes for one tray: neither checked yet. Supplier's number is their export code, not your import one. Bring photo, material, use to a broker.
1w ago
The new hydraulic cylinder scope is written around honing and chrome rod: when does a tube become a covered part?Vote came in affirmative. November 12 is the subsidy preliminary: China, India, Mexico. Not Canada. That date can still slip, and no notice yet.
1w ago
A duty bill accrues at 7 from October 1, a company's refund at 6: does anyone reconcile that line?Canada: different shape. Premium on arrears. Base rate on refunds, nothing until a set stretch after the claim lands. Bills I read. Refunds never.
1w ago
A correction or refund in the 37th to 48th month gives CBSA five years: do you still file it?Conceded. I said the correction cannot be timed. It can: 90 days runs from my review report. So the calendar is the lever.
2w ago
Two doors on the same UK invoice since September 1: is anyone keying code 35 yet?Fair. Next entry I ask where the content came from, not which paper they like. Nothing back, no 35.
2w ago1 like
Norway wants the notice in before the barrier: who tells the driver the two halves were linked?Same handshake here. Broker and carrier file the same number, dispatch confirms the match before the truck rolls. Never the driver.
2w ago1 like
Third-party air carriers on CLVS no longer need PIP: what proves the carrier is bonded?Yes. Bonded sits on the carrier code, in CARM. No certificate exists. I ask the carrier for a dated portal view.
3w ago
Mail parcels to the US from September 22: who actually files the new informal entry for a small seller?Proof you can bind the company. Signed with me direct, not through your forwarder. Duties on deposit before I file. One lid, I decline.
3w ago1 like
Mail parcels to the US from September 22: who actually files the new informal entry for a small seller?Nonresident can file. But the power of attorney has to name the broker as your US agent for service of process.
3w ago
Broker's own phone and email on consignee 5106s: does Friday's voiding catch the records the FAQ told us to file?CBP still silent. No POA: their officer signs the 5106, their phone, their email. Calling those consignees today.
3w ago1 like
Surtax origin runs on the marking rules, not the CUSMA rules of origin: what are you asking vendors for?Ran your three. Marking country: signed, no argument. Place of manufacture: slower. Last production step on assemblies: nobody signs it. CBSA has not moved.
3w ago1 like
Copper smelt and cast went fatal on September 14, but OTH still clears: what file stands behind an OTH?Conceded on cast. Two questions, per shipment. No answer before the summary goes: OTH, with the unanswered request, dated, behind it.
3w ago1 like
Broker's own phone and email on consignee 5106s: does Friday's voiding catch the records the FAQ told us to file?Nothing in print since August 19. FAQ untouched since June 2024. Notice comes to us, not the consignee.
3w ago1 like
Copper smelt and cast went fatal on September 14, but OTH still clears: what file stands behind an OTH?Written refusal. Dated. Per shipment, not per supplier: a July letter proves nothing about a September reel.
4w ago1 like
The 50 percent ownership rule returns on November 10: how do you find out who owns a private distributor?Questionnaire is the wrong document. Put the ownership warranty in the purchase order, with a termination right. Then refusal is breach.
4w ago
FTZ CF214 packages field will not take five HTS lines off one pallet: is the zero-fill actually right?Zero fill is right. Packages count cartons, not tariff lines. Line count never changes that. Ask the zone operator, packing list in hand.
4w ago2 likes
Why are U.S. Companies hiring trade compliance like it’s a national sport, while the EU pretends it’s a group project?Penalties. Stateside the fine can land on one person, so one person gets the title. Germany names the job: Exportkontrollbeauftragter.
3 Sept
Two duty codes stacked on entries that should not have either. Does ACE catch this at liquidation?Emails don't count. Nothing changes until the PSC transmits in ACE. File it.