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GGD-84-101 1 (1984-09-25)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnnh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: STRICTED - Not to be r'ased the Genr- r eLc**ur~vrb s:Ofice exept on the basis of pecific approv UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE , S.AA.( WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 *0A QOV NM ImN B-216217 SEP 25 1984 The Honorable Bill Bradley 1111l11111111 United States Senate 125446 Dear Senator Bradley: Subject: Changes In The Responsibilities Of The U.S. Customs Service's National Import Specialists (GAO/GGD-84-101) At your request, we obtained information on recent changes in the responsibilities of the U.S. Customs Service's national import specialists. As agreed with your office, we will address your concerns on the effectiveness of Customs' efforts to ensure the accurate classification of imported products in a separate review we are now doing for the Subcommittee on International Trade, Senate Finance Committee. The objective, scope, and methodology of our study are described in enclosure I. The primary responsibility of Customs' national import specialists is to provide advice and assistance to import spe- cialists located in each of the 45 U.S. Customs districts in order to ensure Customs-wide uniformity in the verification of the tariff classifications, in the unit values assigned by importers or their brokers, and in the requirements for admissi- bility of imported products entering the United States. The national import specialists are located in Customs' New York Seaport Area Office and traditionally have also been responsible for processing the Seaport's entries--the documentation for import transactions. However, Customs' studies concluded that the national import specialists' effectiveness was reduced by their responsibility for processing the Seaport's entries. As a result, Customs transferred the national import specialists to a new division within the Seaport and reassigned their responsi- bility for processing the Seaport's entries to another Seaport division in April 1984. CUSTOMS' NATIONAL IMPORT SPECIALISTS The main objective of Customs' national import specialists is to ensure Customs-wide uniformity in processing import ~3q 9/L(Y (264070)

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