Customs Brokerage

Our friendly Charles M Schayer & Company staff has the expertise, experience, and technology needed for all aspects of Customhouse brokerage.

• Our licensed Customs brokers will keep your financial liability to a minimum because they are up-to-date on duties, warehouse withdrawal, informed compliance, and Customs regulations, including USDA and FDA requirements.
• We have an ACE portal and an Automated Broker Interface with the Customs and Border Protection system — which gives you faster, less complicated service as well as real-time tracking of your shipments.
• When your shipment is properly manifested on a conveyance and not subject to quota, we can request Customs pre-filing five days before its arrival at an ocean or inland port.
• Direct airfreight shipment entries can be prefiled when they are wheels up.
• We’ll make sure our EDI system is compatible with yours — so that customized databases, programs, and statistical reports are never a problem.

Courtesy Reminders

ISF — Importers have until January 26, 2010 to become ISF compliant for all cargo arriving by ocean into the USA. After this date, U. S. Customs & Border Protection will assess penalties in the amount of $5,000 to $10,000 per violation. Please allow Charles M. Schayer & Company to help you with ISF compliance by contacting us with any questions that you may have.

Lacey Act — We are in Phase III of the Lacey Act. A PPQ 505 Declaration is required to obtain release of the HTS#'s listed in Phase I, II and III of the Lacey Act. Providing false or misleading information to the U. S. Government will result in penalties in the amount of $10,000 for values under $350 or $20,000 for values over $350 and/or civil or ciminal actions.

For Customhouse brokerage services, call Charles M Schayer & Company — and we’ll get started right away:

• Denver — 303-399-5160
• Los Angeles — 310-641-3060
• Phoenix — 602-233-3855
• Seattle — 206-242-0600
• Houston — 800-200-0565
• CMS Domestic — 800-200-0565