US Customs strictly checks FBA labels? Non-compliant products will be rejected and returned!

Recently, the cross-border circle has been flooded with a notice: Due to the recent strict inspections by the U.S. Customs on multiple consignees, the company name will sometimes be displayed after the SHIP TO (destination) on the FBA label sent to Amazon . Once the customs discovers this, they will require the corresponding company's importer's tax number to complete customs clearance, otherwise there will be a risk of rejection and return.

At present, the truth of the incident cannot be determined, but most freight forwarders said that they got the news from the customs clearance agency, and no customers have encountered such inspections so far. The notice was issued to remind them to be vigilant. Only a small number of freight forwarders said that individual cases have occurred among their peers, but this is not a large-scale incident.

According to the information obtained from the freight forwarder, the strict inspection is related to the US T86 customs clearance model. Since October 3, the policy has been tightened again, and goods below 800 US dollars are now strictly inspected. According to the latest news, the current strict inspection is mainly related to multiple consignees, but it may also be due to the ownership of the goods.

Sellers should be vigilant to prevent sudden changes. Huluwa has sorted out the relevant precautions to share with you:

Since customs will require the tax number of the destination company on the FBA label , it is recommended that:

If there is a cargo ownership review, the shipper will need to cooperate in providing relevant documents. If the documents cannot be provided to meet the customs requirements, the goods will be returned. The cost and time cost of return are very high, including inspection fees, return fees, re-issue fees, etc., and the time and place of inspection and return time are also different.

* Do not paste any information related to the consignee, including company/consignee/contact information, etc.

* If it has already been printed, you can print it out and use a marker to cover it up.

1. Before printing the FBA label, the customer should delete the company name and then print the label

2. Delete the company name after the file is downloaded

3. Or use a marker to erase the company name after printing.

If the number of boxes is too large and it is inconvenient to ship them one by one, you can directly create a new shipping address when creating the FBA shipment without using your own company name.

Edit the old address first, remove or change the company name; or directly add a new contact person and ship the goods using the new address.

The above suggestions on FBA label tax number customs clearance are for reference only.

In fact, US Customs inspections will happen occasionally. Inspections often occur in actual operations. This is also a normal process of US Customs and is a low-probability event. Therefore, cargo owners do not need to panic too much. Just ship the goods as you should, as long as you avoid these risks in advance.