The following article was clipped from Dominican Today:
Santo Domingo.- The Customs recently announced that starting April 3 all people who import any type of merchandise through couriers must submit the commercial invoice.
The document will be a required to demonstrate their import is the result of an international purchase and sale.
The measure is based on executive order 402-05 of July 28, 2005, which regulates the express dispatch of shipments. The DGA warns that in the opposite case – where people don’t present the commercial invoice -, they must prove that it is an operation in which isn’t a sale.
According to Customs, the measure also complies with executive order 36-11 of January 20, 2011, which establishes the Customs Valuation Regulation, according to the GATT Agreement of 1994 on tariffs and taxes.
What are the 'mechanics' of this ruling?
1. Must the invoice be in the 'package'?
2. If so, how does one get Amazon, for example, to include paperwork that has the price, rather than just a shipping document?
3. Is the package held by Customers or the shipper (e.g. BM Cargo)?
Thanks for any help with this.
Santo Domingo.- The Customs recently announced that starting April 3 all people who import any type of merchandise through couriers must submit the commercial invoice.
The document will be a required to demonstrate their import is the result of an international purchase and sale.
The measure is based on executive order 402-05 of July 28, 2005, which regulates the express dispatch of shipments. The DGA warns that in the opposite case – where people don’t present the commercial invoice -, they must prove that it is an operation in which isn’t a sale.
According to Customs, the measure also complies with executive order 36-11 of January 20, 2011, which establishes the Customs Valuation Regulation, according to the GATT Agreement of 1994 on tariffs and taxes.
What are the 'mechanics' of this ruling?
1. Must the invoice be in the 'package'?
2. If so, how does one get Amazon, for example, to include paperwork that has the price, rather than just a shipping document?
3. Is the package held by Customers or the shipper (e.g. BM Cargo)?
Thanks for any help with this.