Welcome – Leter of Security : Sanders Brokerage

Welcome – Leter of Security

SECURITY AT SANDERS BROKERAGE:

Welcome, and we hope you enjoy the staff and services of Sanders Brokerage Services. Hopefully by now you know a bit about the background and heritage of Sanders Brokerage Services.

We take security personally and hold our government’s security programs with high regard. We have been a proud C-TPAT (Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism) participant for nearly 10 years, since June of 2003. As part of our welcome packet to Sanders Brokerage Services it is our responsibility to provide you various documents the security of our great nation. We encourage you to download and review, Conveyance Inspection Procedures and Sealing Processes. Other important documents we are compelled to share with our business partners regarding security include 17-point trailer examination protocol, and the Container Seal and Inspection Workshop.

We cannot stress enough the importance of container and seal security in the supply chain. We realize that as a small broker in Blaine, Washington there is very little we can do at the point of origin of the goods to ensure shipping security, and there is little we can do while the goods are in transit. But if our words, shared documents, website information and publications make any degree of difference then we are proud to say that we are accomplishing our objective of assisting in ensuring the safety of the supply chain.

Additionally there are mechanisms to report suspicious behavior, and a number of other publication’s, seminars and documents prepared and presented by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Services. We encourage you to visit their C-TPAT site for more information.

As we said earlier Sanders Brokerage Services is a proud partner in C-TPAT. Our C-TPAT SVI number is sanBro02539, and we encourage you to become a C-TPAT participant. Canada Customs has also developed their PIP (Partners in Protection) security program. For more information on PIP we encourage you to visit their website.

Steve Sanders

. . . for a full PDF version of this information click on: Welcome – Letter for Security

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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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