From the first CBP notice through to case closure — CF-28 / CF-29 responses, multi-tier supply-chain traceability, UFLPA documentation, HTS classification, IOR / DDP structuring, and document consistency review, each built on the documentary record.
A CF-28 Request for Information and a CF-29 Notice of Action each carry a stated response period. We identify what the notice is asking, map each question to the evidence that answers it, and prepare the written response and exhibit package.
Supply-chain reviews reach back from the finished product toward the raw material input. We run multi-tier supplier verification, build the traceability record, and assemble the documentary foundation the review is asking for.
UFLPA applies a rebuttable presumption: goods with an input traced to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region are presumed inadmissible, and the burden of rebutting that presumption sits with the importer. We build the documentary record that addresses it.
Classification determines the duty rate and which additional tariffs apply. We prepare classification opinions against the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS), work out Section 301 / 232 tariff stacking, and calculate landed cost before the entry is filed.
A foreign seller shipping DDP into the United States needs a defined Importer of Record and a structure that holds up on review. We set up and maintain that framework — who the IOR is, what the bond covers, how duty is calculated, and what the entry record has to show.
Cross-check of bills of lading, invoices, packing lists, and certificates of origin — before filing, or when a notice puts the file under review. Each document is read against the others and against the entry, and every mismatch is listed with the record that resolves it.
Shipper, consignee, and notify party; ports of loading and discharge; container and seal numbers; piece count and weight against the packing list and the entry.
Seller and buyer, terms of sale, unit and total values, currency, product description and HTS number against the entry summary and the purchase record.
Carton count, net and gross weights, marks and numbers, and item breakdown against the B/L and the invoice.
Declared origin, exporter and producer identity, and product description against production records and the HTS classification claimed.
For exporters entering the U.S. market: classification, duty rate, agency requirements, importer responsibility, and the document set are settled before the first shipment leaves the factory, so every shipment after it runs on the same file.
Confirm product identity and specification, issue the HTS classification opinion, check entry prerequisites, and set the description every later filing and document will use.
Landed-duty calculation from the classification (including Section 301 / 232 stacking), with the partner government agency requirements that apply — FCC, EPA, CPSC, USCG and others — and the document each one calls for.
Who acts as Importer of Record (IOR), who provides the bond, how responsibility is split under DDP or DAP terms, and how the exporter's documents connect to the U.S. IOR's entry.
The list of documents a shipment needs before it leaves the factory, checked item by item; the first shipment followed against that list so issues surface before departure.
Send us the notice and the documents you have on file. We will tell you what CBP is asking for and what the response needs to include.