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Customs duty audit using post entry data

  • US 20050010431A1
  • Filed: 05/25/2004
  • Published: 01/13/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of auditing an import report submitted on behalf of an importer by a customs broker to a customs agency comprising:

  • entering product data relating to imported goods in a computer system managed by or on behalf of the importer;

    receiving customs data relating to the imported goods from the customs broker and entering it into the computer system, the customs data having been assembled by the customs broker and presented by the customs broker to the customs agency;

    comparing the product data and the customs data using the computer system;

    detecting discrepancies between the compared data using the computer system; and

    calculating adjustments needed to cause the customs data to conform to the product data using the computer system.

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