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U.S.
Customs raises Merchandise Processing Fee from 0.21% to 0.3464%
Dear Customers and Friends of Seajet:
We have just received the following message from Customs.
We have no exact date when this will be implemented and will let you
know as soon as we know.
In the meantime we thought you should know that the MPF increase is
coming.
AUTOMATED BROKER INTERFACE:
RECENT TRADE LEGISLATION H.R. 2832 CHANGED THE MERCHANDISE PROCESSING
FEE RATE FOR FORMAL ENTRIES (CLASS CODE 499) FROM 0.21% (.0021) TO
0.3464% (.003464). THE MINIMUM MERCHANDISE PROCESSING AMOUNT OF $25.00
AND THE MAXIMUM MERCHANDISE AMOUNT OF $485.00 WERE NOT CHANGED.
CBP IS IN THE PROCESS OF MODIFYING ITS AUTOMATED SYSTEM (ABI) TO ACCEPT
THE NEW MPF RATE OF 0.3464%. AT THE PRESENT TIME, CBP DOES NOT HAVE AN
EXACT DATE WHEN THE MPF SYSTEM CHANGES WILL BE COMPLETED.
CBP WILL NOTIFY THE TRADE IN A FUTURE MESSAGE WHEN THE TRADE CAN BEGIN
SUBMITTING THEIR SUMMARIES WITH THE NEW MPF RATE. CBP PLANS TO PROVIDE
THE TRADE WITH AN APPROXIMATELY ONE WEEKS NOTICE REGARDING THE DATE THAT
CBP WILL BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THE NEW MPF RATE. THIS PROCEDURE APPLIES TO
BOTH ACS AND ACE FILED SUMMARIES.
As always thank you for your support!
We will keep you posted.
Best regards,
Andreas
Bauermeister
President
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