Customs Law and Import Services

U.S. Customs is responsible for regulating the import of goods & services into the United States, regulating the export of goods & services out of the United States and enforcing its own import and export regulations as well as those of other U.S. Government agencies.  Foreign customs agencies have similar responsibilities.

In practicing Customs Law and providing import services, Gatti & Associates assists importers and exporters in achieving and maintaining full compliance with all relevant Customs laws and regulations – both in the U.S. and abroad.  We represent our clients before the U.S. Customs Service, the Court of International Trade as well as other federal courts and assist our clients in dealing with the import/export requirements of a host of other federal agencies including the Federal Trade Commission, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Consumer Products Safety Commission, Department of Commerce and Agricultural, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (BATF), U. S. Department of State and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

While importers and exporters are the primary focus of our Customs Law and Import practice, we also provide Customs Law and Import services to Customs House Brokers, Freight Forwarders, NVOCC’s, Air Carriers and Ocean Carriers.

Some of the Customs and Import Services we provide include:

Administrative Proceedings

Advance Customs Ruling Applications

American Goods Assembled Abroad Counseling

American Goods Returned Counseling

American Goods Returned for Repairs Counseling

Andean Free Trade Agreement Matters

Appraisements of Imported Products

A.T.A. Carnet Counseling

A.T.F. Reporting Requirements

Australian Free Trade Agreement Matters

Bahrain Free Trade Agreement Matters

Binding Ruling Request Preparation

Bonded Warehouse Establishment & Operation

Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) Matters

Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) Matters

Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) Matters

Chile Free Trade Agreement Matters

Classifications of Imported Products

Compliance Program Development 

Copyright Registrations with Customs

Counterfeit Good Importation Counseling

Country of Origin Determinations

Country of Origin Marking Requirements

Court of International Trade Representation

Customs Administrative Appeals

Customs Advisory Services

Customs and Import Regulation Compliance Assessents

Customs and Import Regulation Compliance Program Development

Customs and Import Regulation Compliance Training

Customs Audit Counseling

Customs Audit Preparation

Customs Audit Representation

Customs Bond Matters

Customs Broker Matters

Customs Compliance Assessments

Customs Compliance Program Development

Customs Enforcement Matters

Customs Inquiry Dispositions

Customs Inquiry Responses

Customs Negotiations

Customs Penalty Matters

Customs Power of Attorney Drafting

Customs Procedure Counseling

Customs Protests

Customs Record Keeping Requirements

Customs Regulation Counseling

Customs Reporting Requirements

Customs Ruling Requests

Customs Seizure Dispositions

Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism ("C-TPAT"), including security assessment and applications

Customs Valuations

Due Diligence for Import Transactions in Corporate Acquisitions

Due Diligence for Import Transactions in Corporate Mergers

Duty Deferral Counseling

Duty Drawback Audit Preparation

Duty Drawback Counseling

Duty Elimination Counseling

Duty Free Entry Counseling

Duty Minimization Counseling

Duty Recovery Services

Duty Reduction Counseling

Duty Valuation Counseling

FDA Import Requirements

Focused Assessment Counseling

Foreign Customs’ Law & Regulation Counseling

Foreign Customs’ Problem Resolution

Foreign Tariff Determination

Foreign Trade Zone Establishment & Operation

Free Trade Agreement Counseling

Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Matters

Gray Market Importation Counseling

Harmonized Tariff Number Counseling

Import Advisory Services

Import Controls

Import Licensing Requirement Counseling

Import Procedure Counseling

Import Record Keeping Requirements

Import Regulation Compliance Assessments

Import Regulation Compliance Program Development

Import Regulations Counseling

Import Reporting Requirements

Import Transaction Design

Importer Self Assessments

Intellectual Property Registration with Customs

Israel Free Trade Agreement Matters

Jordan Free Trade Agreement Matters

Liquidated Damage Claims

Marking Rules Counseling

Merchandise Seizure Matters

Morocco Free Trade Agreement Matters

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) Matters

NAFTA Compliance Assessments

NAFTA Compliance Program Development

NAFTA Compliance Training

NAFTA Enforcement Audit Preparation

NAFTA Enforcement Audit Representation

NAFTA Origin Verification

Origin Certificate Counseling

Origin Determinations

Origin Marking

Origin Rule Applications

Origin Rule (Non-Preferential) Counseling

Origin Rule (Preferential) Counseling

Origin Rule Qualification

Parallel Import Counseling

Preferential Duty Programs

Prior Disclosures to Customs

Product Appraisements

Product Classifications

Product Valuations

Product Valuation Adjustments

Prohibited Import Counseling

Protest Preparation

Quota Counseling

Reasonable Care Issues

Record Keeping Requirements

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transaction Valuations

Representation of Importers in Dispute with Customs

Request for Information Responses

Singapore Free Trade Agreement Matters

Tariff Classification

Tariff Determination

Tariff Engineering

Trade Agreement Access Counseling

Temporary Import Counseling

Temporary Importations Under Bond Counseling

Trade Ombudsman Services

Trademark Registrations with Customs

Transaction Value Adjustments

Transfer Pricing Issues

Valuation of Imported Products

Voluntary Disclosures to Customs