Informed Compliance from Magic Customs Brokers

Informed compliance is a shared responsibility between Customs and the import community wherein Customs effectively communicates its requirements to the trade, and the people and businesses subject to those requirements conduct their regulated activities in accordance with U.S. laws and regulations. A key component of informed compliance is that the importer is expected to exercise reasonable care in his or her importing operations.

Informed compliance benefits both parties: when voluntary compliance is achieved, Customs resources need not be expended on redundant examinations or entry reviews for the importer's cargo found to be dependably compliant. From the trade perspective, when voluntary compliance is attained, compliant importers are less likely to have their shipments examined or their entries reviews.

Following are links to Customs reasonable care checklist and compliance assessment/measurement pages which Magic Customs Brokers and US Customs strongly recommends that all importers review and use these tools to develop their own compliance measurement plans, reliable procedures and "reasonable care" programs.