AAEI Calls for Change in Customs Bureaucracy
The American Association of Exporters & Importers is speaking out against the new structure of the Office of Regulations & Rulings (part of the Office of International Trade within Customs & Border Patrol.) In a letter on Friday to Acting Commissioner Jayson Ahern, AAEI charged that the organizational change has led to delays, because OR&R determinations are subjected to OIT management review.
As a result, importers are unnecessarily delayed in receiving the rulings and settlement offers from OR&R.
From the Journal of Commerce:
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“OR&R, which had been an independent Customs division, was absorbed into OIT after Congress authorized its creation in the SAFE Port Act of 2006…
Previously importers received ruling letters directly from OR&R. The rulings are Customs’ official determinations on the classification of imported goods, which importers use as part of their compliance programs…
“We do not see how additional layers of administrative review … serve to improve trade facilitation or enforcement,” AAEI said. The organization also pointed out that the legal rulings are being reviewed by managers with no legal background.”
Your tax dollars at work…
Read the complete article at: Shippers Balk at Customs Bureaucracy.
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