What is GO – General Order?

General order is a status given to imported cargo that has not had a customs entry submitted to US customs after a set amount of time. Once a shipment is placed in general order its moved to a special warehouse for another set amount of time. Storage fees will incur at the general order warehouse while the cargo is there. If the cargo is not customs cleared while at the general order warehouse it will eventually be sold at the general order auction to the highest bidder. The funds collected at the auction will be used to pay the general order storage fees and any other freight or previous warehouse or port storage fees that were due.