| Ref : CR EIC 111/5/10/12/1
3 July
1998
Dear Sirs,
Commercial
Information Circular No. 94/98
Notice
to Exporters : Series 1 (USA) No. 38/98
USA
: Prior Disclosure
The US Customs Service
(USCS) has recently amended the Customs Regulations concerning prior disclosure
of a violation of law involving, among other things, an entry or introduction,
or attempted entry or introduction of merchandise into the United States
by fraud, gross negligence, or negligence. This new regulations have already
taken effect from 29 June 1998.
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Under the amended
regulations, if a person having committed the above mentioned violation
for example, improper country of origin declarations or markings,
discloses the circumstances of the violation before, or without
knowledge of the commencement of a formal investigation of such
violation, the merchandise in question shall not be seized and any
monetary penalties to be assessed shall be limited. The USCS demands
sufficient specificity in such prior disclosures, e.g. the class
of merchandise involved, entries involved, the false information
claimed and the true and accurate information to be declared.
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Any party involved
in the business of importing into the United States including, but
not limited to, exporters, shippers, foreign suppliers/manufacturers,
etc., may submit a prior disclosure to the USCS.
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For details,
please refer to the Federal Register Notice
attached. Other relevant documents regarding the regulations are
available for public reference at the Asia and Americas (Commercial
Relations) Branch of the Trade Department on 18/F, Trade Department
Tower, 700 Nathan Road, Kowloon (Tel.: 2398 5405).
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ENQUIRIES
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For enquiries
concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned
at telephone number 2398 5682.
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Yours faithfully,
(Miss Yanny CHUNG)
for Director-General
of Trade
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For convenient
and efficient enquiry service - please use Trade Department 24hours
General Enquiry Hotline 2392 2922.
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