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How to Get CBP to Classify Your Imports for Free: How to Design a Binding Ruling Request
- How to conduct research concerning a binding ruling
- How to prepare a binding ruling
- How to apply for a binding ruling
- How to appeal a binding ruling
Overview of the webinar
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can go back five (5) years and retroactively assess the correct duty rate for all product shipments during that time. They agency can also charge interest on the duties owed and penalize an importer for incorrectly classifying the product.Should CBP move beyond sending you a CBP Form 28 (Request for Information) to a full-blown audit, the resolution process can take six months to a year’s time. During this time, importers may need to dedicate full-time resources to gather and submit the information the agency is demanding. Resources in finance, receiving, purchasing, and logistics may be tasked to help validate the accuracy of the imported products under the scrutiny of CBP.
Who should attend?
- Importers
- Exporters
- Business owners
- Accountants
- Lawyers
- Anyone involved in importing goods into the United States
Why should you attend?
A CBP audit may even prompt an inquiry into every product a company imports. Fortunately, when product classifications are in question, importers can ask CBP to determine the correct classifications and duty rates in advance. These determinations are known as binding rulings. Once they are in place, they are binding at all U.S. ports of entry.The most common binding ruling requests are for tariff classification, but importers may also request rulings on proper Customs Valuation Methodology and Country of Origin determination and marking.
Faculty - Mr.Martin K. Behr III, Esq
Presently, Martin is an instructor with City University of New York's Baruch College Continuing and Professional Studies (CAPS), where he teaches import, export, and other international trade courses. In 2013, Martin received the Outstanding Instructor of the Year Award from Baruch CAPS. Martin has also taught international trade courses at Fashion Institute of Technology and Pace University in New York City. Martin is also of counsel to GRVR Attorneys (www.exportimportlaw.com), which specializes in customs and international trade matters.
Martin is a former U.S. Customs officer (senior inspector and import specialist), who was stationed at land (Champlain-Rouses Point, NY), air (JFK International Airport and Newark Liberty) and sea (Newark) ports of entry. While with U.S. Customs at the Port of New York/Newark, he was also a member of the agency's export control branch.
Martin is also a former special agent with the U.S. Department of Defense, assistant prosecutor with the Office of Hudson County (NJ) Prosecutor, and an executive with a global FMC-licensed Ocean Transportation Intermediary. Martin was also a trade consultant with Unz & Co.