CBP Now Allows RLF For Cargo Moved Using IT Procedures or T&E Entry Close-Out Procedures
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a general notice announcing a change to the merchandise eligibility requirements for participation in Remote Location Filing (RLF) Prototype Two.
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
According to the general notice, effective March 31, 2005, RLF will additionally be allowed for cargo moved using immediate transportation (IT) or transportation and export (T&E) 1 in-bond procedures.
1CBP sources state that RLF would only be applicable to T&E if a filer decided to make entry, rather than export.
According to CBP, these in-bond procedures were not allowed under the original terms of RLF Prototype Two because CBP was concerned with the general lack of security associated with in-bond transactions. However, CBP states that it has now determined that the security risks previously associated with in-bond transactions have been greatly reduced due to the security and cargo-processing gains accomplished by the advance cargo information regulations set forth in CBP's December 5, 2003 final rule.
CBP adds that it also realizes that as in-bond transactions are a mainstay of international transactions, permitting RLF in the above in-bond contexts will enhance the RLF Prototoype's usefulness to the trade while simultaneously furthering CBP's modernization objectives.
CBP states that with the exception of this change to the RLF Prototype Two merchandise eligibility criteria, all other Prototype eligibility requirements, procedures, terms, and conditions, as set forth in CBP's February 25, 2003 general notice remain in effect. See ITT's Online Archives or 02/25/03 and 02/26/03 news, 03022505, and 03022610, for BP summary of CBP's February 25, 2003 notice.)
- written comments and applications to participate in RLF Prototype Two may be submitted
CBP contact - Steve Linnemann (202) 344-1975
CBP general notice (FR Pub 03/31/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-6397.pdf.