Importer of Record Manager

Customs Broker License 6631

Components of the Importer of Record Manager include --

Purchase order systematized	Procedural guidance for overseas' supplier
	Built on HCB Import Wizard
	Electronic checklist to accompany order

Supplier's Invoice guidance	Valuation - what is dutiable, what is not
	Classification of goods before they're shipped
	What needs to be on the invoice
	Means to reduce US Customs examinations
	Pro Forma Invoice guidance to supplier

US Import requirements	Special product requirements
	Participating Government Agency preparation
	Country of origin marking
	Intellectual Property Rights

Compliance Matters	How to request a binding ruling?
	Recordkeeping
	Reference and publication library
	Consultant network

INCOTERMS responsibility of the buyer	Transportation costs, service requirements
	Risk management
	Packing and crating

Mechanics	Operations Software Formats
	What your Customs broker needs?
	Shipment communications
	Entry type options - structuring imports to save duties - Foreign Trade Zone
	What you should expect of your Customs broker?
	Pre-Clearance Planning

Import transaction procedural formats ....
- To accompany the purchase order for your supplier's guidance
- To systematize import operations procedures
- To assist your Customs broker

Reference "workbook" of import transaction information

Specific functions H.C. Bennett Company offers relating to the Importer of Record Manager

	U.S. Logistics Assistance. Shipping costs can be of significance when any "C" or "D" Incoterms of sale are quoted (such as CIF or DDP). We provide the research to determine the optimal U.S. port of entry, international shipping costs, marine insurance, U.S. warehousing/storage costs, and U.S. inland distribution costs. Advocate of Baltimore Street Turn Program to reduce drayage costs.
	As Licensed U.S. Customs Brokers, H.C. Bennett Company (corporate license 14423) furnishes U.S. Government Requirements including ... your invoice's valuation - what is dutiable and what is not ... classification of your goods before importation ... intellectual property right regulations ...country of origin marking ... invoice requirements.
	Guidance in the formulation of Contracts for the Sale of International Goods -- Services include ... Pro Forma invoice components...Incoterms of Sale significance ... Banking and Letter of Credit guidance ... Sales literature assistance to gain business with the U.S. prospect.
	Discounted Customs Clearance Program. Significantly Reduced Clearance Fee - often 20% - 30%!

Training ...Individualized for International Trade Ops

Operation Tools ... for Import/Export Ops

Trade Manager... IOR/ Export Management