CBP LA Field Office Says Foreign Military Sales Case Information No Longer Required
CBP and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency automated the transfer of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case information, CBP's Los Angeles Field Office Director Carlos Martel said in an Oct. 25 notice. "Effective May 1, 2018, the DSP-94, the Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOAs), [and] any amendments or modifications no longer need to be logged with CBP," Martel said. The Port of New York/Newark made a similar announcement in May (see 1805230023).
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The LOAs and associated materials from FMS cases issued after 2004 can be returned, it said. "FMS Materials being returned for repair or modifications will be decremented at the time of export with the value of the repairs or modifications," the notice said. "The FMS materials must be properly declared at the time of entry into the United States, citing the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls required data elements, including a properly formatted FMS case identifier, e.g., GB-B-ABC is correct, GBBABC is incorrect. FMS shipments that do not decrement the FMS case properly will be held until the Electronic Export Information (EEI) submission in the Automated Export System (AES) is corrected." The record-keeping requirements for the FMS case are still the responsibility of the FMS country or the freight forwarder handling the shipment, CBP said.
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