Your door to door and port to door rate includes a basic US customs entry when shipping to USA EXCEPT when its moving on a truck only service from Canada. In this case its an additional fee for the customs entry service. Keep in mind that the customs entry fee is just a fee for submission of the documents to customs and does not include any of the following additional fees that are applicable in for all shipment types regardless of if its a trucking shipment or air and ocean shipment. The following fees will be added to your bill when customs entry services are rendered: Duties and taxes which are based on your commodity, country of export and value of items being imported. In addition there are are other taxes and fees as listed below. ISF surety bond fee which is a fee to ensure the ISF entry provided by the shipper was accurate and correct. There is no ISF surety bond fee IF you have an annual surety bond. Single entry surety bonds are to ensure that the applicable duties and taxes will be paid on the import. Single Entry bonds are $5.50 per thousand dollars of value Min $55. In some cases when additional government agencies are required (FDA, FCC, etc) the bond fee can be based on as much as three times the value of the commodity being imported. You can elect to buy an annual surety bond fee and pay an annual fee which in some cases is lower than paying multiple single-entry bonds and ISF bonds every import. Ask our customer service team for a rate on an annual surety bond. MPF (merchandise processing fee) is a fee imposed by US Customs. The MPF is charged at 0.3464% of the value of the merchandise being imported. There is a minimum fee of $32.71 and a maximum of $634.62 with a $3.93 manual surcharge for formal entries. MPF is applicable on all imports except De-Minimis value imports. HMF (harbor maintenance fee) is a fee imposed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for U.S. imports shipped via ocean freight. It is charged at 0.125% of the value of the commercial cargo. The HMF is deposited into the Harbor Maintenance trust fund, which may be used by Congress to pay for harbor maintenance, development projects and other related expenses. There is no minimum or maximum for HMF.
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