Penalties for Failing to Declare Agricultural Items at U.S. Ports Increases Today
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently issued an announcement reminding importers that, effective October 1, 2006, the civil penalty for failing to declare agricultural items at U.S. ports of entry will cost first time offenders $300. The penalty for the second violation will be $500. CBP stated that the "key to avoiding the penalty is to declare all agricultural items and present them to Customs and Border Protection for inspection so that an agriculture specialist can determine if it is admissible or not."
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