CBP LA Updates Guidelines for In-Bond Movements

CBP's Los Angeles Office of Field Operations added a "more stringent description requirement" to its guidelines for the preparation of CBP Form 7512s, it said in a public bulletin. The guidelines now call for in-bond documents for cargo arriving by truck to be submitted to the port closest to the warehouse where the freight is located, it said. Also, the entry/entry summary should be submitted to the port of entry, it said. In-bond movements allow cargo to be entered at one U.S. port of entry without appraisement or payment of duties and transported by a bonded carrier to another U.S. port of entry provided all statutory and regulatory conditions are met. At the destination port, the merchandise is officially entered into the commerce of the U.S. and duties paid, or, the merchandise is exported.