CustomsClearance

海關(guān)通關(guān)Project5Dialogue:CustomsClearanceA:HiSophie,IjustgotanemailfromAmazonsayingmyFBAshipmenttotheUSisstuckatcustoms.Ihavenoideawhattodo!?B:Ohno,Alex—don’tpanic.First,let’sfigureoutwhyit’sheldup.Didyousendalltherequireddocuments??Dialogue:CustomsClearanceA:Requireddocuments?Ionlyincludedapackinglist.Isthatnotenough?B:Unfortunately,no.ForAmazonUSshipments,youneedthreekeydocs:acommercialinvoice,acustomsdeclarationform,andacertificateoforiginifyourproductsaremadeinChina.ThepackinglistisjustforAmazon’swarehouse,notcustoms.Dialogue:CustomsClearanceA:What’sthedifferencebetweenacommercialinvoiceandapackinglist?Ithoughttheywerethesame.B:Goodquestion!Apackinglistjustlistsproductquantitiesandweights.Butacommercialinvoiceshowstheactualvalueofeachitem,theseller/buyerinfo,andHScodes—that’swhatcustomsusestocalculateduties.Withoutit,theycan’tprocessyourshipment.Dialogue:CustomsClearanceA:Ohright,HScodes!Iforgottoincludethose.Whataretheyexactly?B:HScodes(HarmonizedSystemcodes)are10-digitnumbersthatclassifyproductsglobally.Forexample,aphonecasehasanHScodelike4016.93.0000.Customsusesthemtocheckifyourproductsmeetimportrules—likesafetystandards.Dialogue:CustomsClearanceA:SoIneedtosendthemissingdocstocustomsnow?How?B:GotoyourAmazonSellerCentral,findtheshipmentID,andthere’sanoptiontouploaddocstothecustomsportal.Oryoucanemailthemtothecourier(likeDHL,ifyouusedone)—they’llforwardthemtocustoms.Makesureallinfomatchesyourshipmentdetails,though—discrepanciescausemoredelays.Dialogue:CustomsClearanceA:Whatifcustomssaysmyproductvalueistoolow?Iheardsomesellersunderstatevaluestosaveonduties.B:Neverdothat!Under-declaringvaluesisfraud.Customsmightfineyou,seizeyourgoods,orevenbanyourAmazonaccount.Alwaysdeclaretherealvalue—usethesamepriceasyourAmazonlisting.Dialogue:CustomsClearanceA:Gotit,nomoreshortcuts.Whataboutproductrestrictions?I’mshippingwoodenstationery—willthatbeaproblem?B:WoodproductsneedanFSCcertificationfortheUStoprovethey’refromsustainableforests.Ifyoudon’thaveit,customsmightholdordestroythem.AlwayschecktheUSCustomsandBorderProtection(CBP)websiteforproduct-specificrulesbeforeshipping.Dialogue:CustomsClearanceA:IwishI’dknownthisearlier.Thanksforhelping,Sophie.I’lluploadthedocsrightaway.B:You’rewelcome!Nexttime,makeachecklistofdocsbeforeshipping—commercialinvoice,HScodes,certifications.It’llsaveyoualotoftrouble.Andifcustomsstillhasquestions,askAmazon’slogisticssupportteam—theyhaveexperiencewiththis.VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)1.CustomsClearance/?k?st?mz?kl?r?ns/詞性：n.（不可數(shù)短語(yǔ)）釋義：海關(guān)通關(guān)，指進(jìn)出口貨物通過海關(guān)檢查、履行相關(guān)手續(xù)后被允許入境或出境的流程。例句：Thisdialoguefocusesoncommonissuesandsolutionsincross-bordere-commercecustomsclearance.VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)2.CommercialInvoice/k??m???l??nv??s/詞性：n.（可數(shù)短語(yǔ)）釋義：商業(yè)發(fā)票，記錄商品實(shí)際價(jià)值、買賣雙方信息及HS編碼的正式單據(jù)，是海關(guān)計(jì)算關(guān)稅的核心依據(jù)。例句：ForAmazonUSshipments,youneedthreekeydocs:acommercialinvoice,acustomsdeclarationform...VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)3.CustomsDeclarationForm/?k?st?mz?dekl??re??nf??m/詞性：n.（可數(shù)短語(yǔ)）釋義：海關(guān)申報(bào)單，向海關(guān)申報(bào)貨物名稱、數(shù)量、價(jià)值、用途等信息的法定表格。例句：ForAmazonUSshipments,youneedthreekeydocs:acommercialinvoice,acustomsdeclarationform,andacertificateoforigin...VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)4.CertificateofOrigin/s??t?f?k?t?v??r?d??n/詞性：n.（可數(shù)短語(yǔ)，縮寫為CO）釋義：原產(chǎn)地證書，證明商品生產(chǎn)地的文件，部分國(guó)家/地區(qū)對(duì)特定產(chǎn)地商品有關(guān)稅優(yōu)惠或管制要求。例句：...andacertificateoforiginifyourproductsaremadeinChina.VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)5.PackingList/?p?k??l?st/詞性：n.（可數(shù)短語(yǔ)）釋義：裝箱單，詳細(xì)列明貨物數(shù)量、重量、包裝規(guī)格等信息的單據(jù)，主要用于倉(cāng)庫(kù)核對(duì)貨物，不具備海關(guān)關(guān)稅計(jì)算效力。例句：Ionlyincludedapackinglist.Isthatnotenough?VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)6.HSCodes/e?t?

?sk??dz/詞性：n.（可數(shù)名詞短語(yǔ)，全稱為HarmonizedSystemCodes）釋義：協(xié)調(diào)制度編碼，全球統(tǒng)一的10位數(shù)字編碼，用于對(duì)商品進(jìn)行分類，方便海關(guān)核查進(jìn)口規(guī)則。例句：Acommercialinvoiceshowstheactualvalueofeachitem...andHScodes—that’swhatcustomsusestocalculateduties.VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)7.Duties/?dju?tiz/詞性：n.（可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)）釋義：關(guān)稅，海關(guān)根據(jù)貨物價(jià)值、HS編碼及進(jìn)口國(guó)政策向進(jìn)出口商征收的稅費(fèi)。例句：Acommercialinvoiceshowstheactualvalueofeachitem...andHScodes—that’swhatcustomsusestocalculateduties.VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)8.CustomsPortal/?k?st?mz?p??tl/詞性：n.（可數(shù)短語(yǔ)）釋義：海關(guān)portal，海關(guān)官方線上平臺(tái)，用于上傳申報(bào)文件、查詢通關(guān)進(jìn)度等操作。例句：GotoyourAmazonSellerCentral,findtheshipmentID,andthere’sanoptiontouploaddocstothecustomsportal.VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)9.Courier/?k?ri?/詞性：n.（可數(shù)名詞）釋義：快遞公司，指提供國(guó)際貨物運(yùn)輸服務(wù)的企業(yè)（如DHL、FedEx），常協(xié)助賣家對(duì)接海關(guān)辦理通關(guān)手續(xù)。例句：Oryoucanemailthemtothecourier(likeDHL,ifyouusedone)—they’llforwardthemtocustoms.VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)10.Under-declareValues/??nd?d??kle?

?v?lju?z/詞性：v.（短語(yǔ)，“under-declare”為動(dòng)詞，“values”為名詞）釋義：低報(bào)價(jià)值，指故意申報(bào)低于商品實(shí)際價(jià)值的行為，屬于違規(guī)操作，可能面臨處罰。例句：Iheardsomesellersunderstatevaluestosaveonduties.VocabularyandExpressions詞匯及表達(dá)11.FSCCertificatio