PRACTICES
USCTL narrowly restricts its practice to U.S. import, export, and trusted traveler law. The compliance and enforcement issues that come within this scope of practice can, depending on the underlying facts and circumstances, be administrative or judicial in nature. Representative matters handled by USCTL include:
IMPORT
- Goal Setting & Strategic Planning
- Duty Elimination, Reduction, & Deferral Strategies
- Classification, Valuation, Country of Origin, & Marking Reviews
- Ruling & Internal Advice Requests
- Free Trade Agreement & Trade Preference Program Claims
- Foreign Trade Zone & Bonded Warehouse Applications
- IPR Clearances, Authorizations, & Advisory Letters
- Trade Remedies
- Absolute & Tariff Rate Quotas
- Special Classes of Merchandise
- Partner Government Agency Import Requirements
- Recordkeeping
- Pre-Entry Reviews & Requests
- Holds, Examinations, & Detentions
- Notice to Mark/Redeliver
- Post-Importation Claims
- Reimbursement Certificates
- Protests
- CF 28s, CF 29s, & Informed Compliance Letters
- Prior Disclosures
- Inspections, Investigations, & Origin Verifications
- Post-Entry Filer Evaluations
- Survey, Quick Response, & Focused Assessment Audits
- Advisory Actions
- Penalty, Seizure, & Liquidated Damage Claims
- Settlement/Defense of Administrative Enforcement Actions
- Offers in Compromise
- Supply Chain Security & Compliance Programs
- Internal Controls
- Administrative Recordation of Trademarks & Copyrights
- Trade Violation Reporting (e-Allegations)
- Importer Suspension & Debarment Actions
- GSP Product & Country Review Petitions
- AGOA Product & Country Eligibility Reviews
- Translation of Foreign Language Import Documentation
- FOIA Requests
EXPORT
- Commodity Jurisdiction Analyses & Requests
- Classification Analyses & Requests
- Advisory Opinion & Interpretive Guidance Requests
- Prohibition & Sanction Screening
- Recordkeeping
- Export Licenses, Authorizations, & Approvals
- Export Documentation Reviews
- Partner Government Agency Export Requirements
- Foreign Trade Regulations Compliance
- Vessel Manifest Confidentiality Requests
- Holds, Examinations, & Detentions
- Return/Redelivery & Unloading of Merchandise
- Delivery Verifications/Exceptions
- Summons, Subpoenas, & Directed Disclosures
- Voluntary Self-Disclosures & Corrective Actions
- Penalty, Seizure, & Liquidated Damage Claims
- Settlement/Defense of Administrative Enforcement Actions
- C-TPAT Exporter Applications
- Internal Export Compliance Programs
- SDN/BPL Delisting Requests
- Entity List Removal/Modification Requests
- Unblocking/Release of Funds Applications
- Export Processing Zone Counsel
- Export Trade Certificate of Review Program Applications
- Foreign Trade Barrier/Procurement Discrimination Reporting
- Translation of Foreign Language Export Documentation
- FOIA Requests
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