FDA Import Complaince : Sanders Brokerage

FDA Import Complaince

Posted by stevelsanders98230 on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment

FDA Regulatory Compliance: If you haven’t noticed we would have to say that the United States Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has been advised to turn up the heat on import compliance. This is strictly our opinion but locally we have seen FDA exam and sample more importations with the apparent end result being compliance to all FDA import regulations such as: the cosmetic labeling act; food labeling act; and other import regulations. Importers are advised to ensure their their labels, websites and published brochures do not reference unsupported medical claims. Making medical claims could infer to FDA that your product might be a drug, and as you may know the importation into the USA of unapproved drugs is restricted (drugs must be registered and listed with the FDA). Please check out our links for further helpful FDA information:

http://www.sandersbrokerage.com/dev/resources/tools/links/f-d-a-links/

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Value Information Tips

When you ship or send goods to the U.S.A., the question of "valuation" may arise. What you need to know is that the issue of how to value your goods for export to the U.S.A. are part of a very complex law in our U.S. Customs Regulations (CBP).
The U.S. valuation law is very similar to the valuation law first developed and implemented by Canada Customs. The basic bottom line concept on most imports deals with the goods being valued (appraised) at the actual transaction value. That is, the price paid or payable for the merchandise. Transaction value is commonly used in arms length (unrelated) sales where a specific relationship did not impact the price paid or payable for the goods.
The term Related means within the sale of the goods, that actual family relations are involved, or that there are mutual owners in the selling company and purchasing company. CBP feels that family relationship or mutual owners in the seller and the buyer could impact the value paid or payable for the goods..
In related sales, transaction value can still be used, provided it can be proven (via a test case) that the relationship did not impact the price paid or payable for the merchandise.
Further protocol flow of the valuation law is a bit more complex and deals with terms and concepts such as "Transaction Value of Identical or Similar Merchandise", "Computed Value", "Deductive Value", and "402f" (Customs last method of appraisement) when other valuation concepts determined.
The bottom line in this law is making sure that the U.S. Government is receiving it's full amount of duty money's and fees. Undervalued importations could result in a loss of revenue to the U.S. Government to which the government could pursue full reimbursement and penalty actions.
Please remember that declaring a proper value on your shipment for U.S. Customs purposes is a matter of law.

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