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GGD-84-59 1 (1984-03-08)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnhh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20546 ZMAL GOV9NM WE? r.MARCH 8, 1984 B-214537 -, RELEASED The Honorable John C. Danforth Chairman, Subcommittee on International Trade Committee on Finance United States Senate 123649 Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: U.S. Customs Service's Import Classification Operations: Staffing and Workload Changes (GAO/GGD-84-59) We are studying, at your request, certain aspects of the U.S. Customs Service's process used to ensure the accurate clas- sification of imported products. As arranged with your office, we are initially providing you information on the number of entries of imported goods and the staffing used to process the entry documentation for fiscal years 1979 through 1983. Our evaluation of the results of Customs' entry review process will be the subject of a separate report to be issued to you prior to the fiscal year 1986 subcommittee hearings. The full scope of our work is explained in enclosure I. Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the number of formal entries--import transactions exceeding $250 in value--of imported merchandise and a decline in the backlog of entries waiting Customs' review. This has occurred despite a decrease in the number of Customs' personnel used to process entries. Whether the quality of Customs' entry review process has kept pace with the increased workload is, as noted above, the subject of our ongoing review. IMPORT CLASSIFICATION OPERATIONS Customs import specialists determine whether importers or their brokers have properly classified and valued imported products, correctly calculated duties owed, and provided all data and documents required to admit merchandise into the (264040)

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