US Imports serious problems ahead with delays from the lasting Shutdown
Your import shipments at risk of delays & demurrage / storage fees
Your Import shipments & delays at U.S. ports of entry will have serious consequences should the partial government shutdown lasts more than two weeks.
Are you shipping internationally?
Importers and exporters’ shipping documents may not be timely handled from our federal agencies. In short, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Agriculture and the Fish and Wildlife Service. For now these agencies struggle to keep up with the flow of cargo imported & exported, but, if the shutdown
persists, your shipments will back up & you the shippers will accrue demurrage and storage costs. This is according to Susan Kohn Ross, an attorney with Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp in Los Angeles.
“There is nothing (shippers) can do,” said Pete Mento, director of global customs and trade
policy at C.H. Robinson. “They are positively dead in the water with these issues.”
Unlike the other federal agencies, Customs and Border Protection hasn’t seen its work force as severely furloughed. Only 6,000 of the 58,000 CBP workers were furloughed after the government shut down over President Obama’s health care law.
Import cargo clearance delays are seen when the shipments require approval from the EPA, Mento said. Customs has done a good job of telling shippers and logistics
providers what to expect. “Customs has always done a good job because (cargo) clearance is so important to them,” Ross said. “But it isn’t for the other agencies. Something has to change. This can’t keep happening.”
The government shutdown hasn’t slowed the U.S. shipment of wine, beer and liquor, but customs brokers haven’t been able to get needed labels from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Bureau because the agency is closed, said Allison Leavitt, managing director of the Wine and Spirits Association. Brokers have had to get the labels from shippers, causing some paperwork
headaches, she said. New labels requests, which have increased largely because of the explosion of craft production, are stalled. Leavitt is more concerned that CBP employees who
troubleshoot issues with the Customs Automated Manifest System have been furloughed. So far, she hasn’t heard of any hiccups with the automated processing system.
“Eventually, there are going to be some hang-ups, though,” she said.
Overseas imports Regulation & Policy› Customs Regulations› US Customs Regulations
Who is to blame for short changing importers
We may apply a word like democracy at work, but, the mediocrity demonstrated by our congressmen & women is a poor reflection on us. Our tolerence is a democratic asset, but, over used by self indulging politicians working on our dime.
Ship them overseas in containers and let them figure out themselves before considering importing them back if they pass a qualifying business & decency act.
Is our congress fat & stupid?
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Overseas import shipments for importers may very well be experiencing delays, demurrage & storage fees.