Attention cross-border sellers!With the implementation of new US customs regulations, will the custo
- Author:Maintenance network
- Source:Maintenance network
- Release Date:2026-06-08
Recently, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order "Strengthening Customs Enforcement", requiring the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and relevant federal agencies to comprehensively strengthen import supervision, focusing on cracking down on low declared values, false declarations, illegal transshipments, evasion of tariffs, and borrowing of importer identities.01 The importer (IOR) system faces major adjustments. According to the announcement issued by the White House on June 3, this reform is considered to be one of the most significant adjustments to the U.S. import supervision system in recent years, involving importers, customs brokers, freight forwarders, overseas warehouses, cross-border e-commerce and supply chain service companies and other fields.The system has ushered in major adjustments as required by the executive order, and the U.S. Customs has re-improved the Importer of Record (IOR) management system.In the future, all IORs will need to meet the minimum assets, deposit, or both requirements stipulated by the U.S. Customs, and disclose more corporate information to the customs, including estimated import scale, company establishment time, equity structure, ultimate beneficiaries, affiliated enterprises, and assets in the United States.At the same time, CBP will establish a "Good Standing" system for importers within 180 days.Enterprises that commit serious violations, smuggle contraband, evade tariffs or other major illegal activities may be disqualified from importing.Foreign importers face stricter supervision Another focus of this reform is to strengthen the management of foreign importers (Foreign IOR).According to the requirements of the administrative order, in principle, foreign IORs shall not continue to use informal customs declaration procedures to handle import business in the future, but must adopt the formal customs declaration mode.At the same time, foreign IORs will face stricter deposit requirements and need to meet U.S. Customs supply chain security management requirements.It is generally believed in the industry that companies that have long relied on U.S. shell companies, borrowed IOR status, or conducted business through low-value declaration models will face higher compliance thresholds.
Supply chain transparency requirements are further enhanced. The executive order requires importers to submit more complete supply chain information.In the future, in addition to providing traditional customs declaration information, import companies will also need to submit more information involving manufacturers, suppliers, product ingredients, origins, and production processes to strengthen the U.S. Customs' ability to verify the source of the supply chain.In addition, the US government also requires the establishment of a new document review mechanism within 90 days to strengthen the verification of the flow of goods and the authenticity of their origin.02 Customs enforcement and penalties are simultaneously upgraded. According to the executive order, the U.S. Customs will increase the frequency of audits in the future, focusing on cracking down on: low declared value; incorrect commodity classification; illegal transshipment and avoidance of origin; avoidance of anti-dumping and countervailing duties; and import of products involving forced labor.The US government will also strengthen the accountability mechanism for customs brokers and freight forwarding companies.Companies that fail to perform customer due diligence obligations, act as agents for violative customers for a long time, or refuse to cooperate with investigations may face higher-level penalties.At the same time, the U.S. government plans to revise the penalty reduction rules within 90 days.Even if a reduction is obtained in the future, the fine amount shall in principle not be less than 50% of the original penalty amount.The United States has recently continued to strengthen its trade enforcement system. It is worth noting that before the issuance of this executive order, the United States had successively launched a number of trade supervision measures.Since the beginning of this year, the U.S. government has successively promoted a number of Section 301 investigations and strengthened its review of re-export trade, origin determination, and supply chain compliance.At the same time, U.S. Customs continues to strengthen its supervision of cross-border e-commerce, small-value parcels and DDP trade models.Market analysts believe that the United States is promoting the transformation of the import supervision system from the traditional customs declaration review model to the full-process supervision model of the supply chain. In the future, the information disclosure and compliance requirements faced by import companies will be further improved.03Industry Observation Industry insiders believe that this reform will significantly increase the entry threshold for the US import market.For companies that rely on low-cost customs clearance, borrowing IOR, shell company operations, and non-compliant DDP models to conduct business, operating costs and compliance pressure will increase significantly in the future.Enterprises with a complete supply chain management system, real trade background and strong compliance capabilities are expected to obtain a more stable development environment.As subsequent supporting regulations are introduced one after another, the U.S. import customs clearance market may enter a more stringent regulatory stage. Relevant companies need to continue to pay attention to policy changes and prepare for supply chain and compliance management in advance.This executive order sends a clear signal that the United States will further strengthen import supervision and trade enforcement.Judging from the current policy direction, the focus of supervision has gradually extended from simply collecting tariffs to supply chain transparency, importer qualification review, and trade authenticity verification.For Chinese export companies, cross-border e-commerce sellers and logistics service providers, they need to pay more attention to compliance declaration, origin management and supply chain information retention in the future to reduce potential trade risks.
Supply chain transparency requirements are further enhanced. The executive order requires importers to submit more complete supply chain information.In the future, in addition to providing traditional customs declaration information, import companies will also need to submit more information involving manufacturers, suppliers, product ingredients, origins, and production processes to strengthen the U.S. Customs' ability to verify the source of the supply chain.In addition, the US government also requires the establishment of a new document review mechanism within 90 days to strengthen the verification of the flow of goods and the authenticity of their origin.02 Customs enforcement and penalties are simultaneously upgraded. According to the executive order, the U.S. Customs will increase the frequency of audits in the future, focusing on cracking down on: low declared value; incorrect commodity classification; illegal transshipment and avoidance of origin; avoidance of anti-dumping and countervailing duties; and import of products involving forced labor.The US government will also strengthen the accountability mechanism for customs brokers and freight forwarding companies.Companies that fail to perform customer due diligence obligations, act as agents for violative customers for a long time, or refuse to cooperate with investigations may face higher-level penalties.At the same time, the U.S. government plans to revise the penalty reduction rules within 90 days.Even if a reduction is obtained in the future, the fine amount shall in principle not be less than 50% of the original penalty amount.The United States has recently continued to strengthen its trade enforcement system. It is worth noting that before the issuance of this executive order, the United States had successively launched a number of trade supervision measures.Since the beginning of this year, the U.S. government has successively promoted a number of Section 301 investigations and strengthened its review of re-export trade, origin determination, and supply chain compliance.At the same time, U.S. Customs continues to strengthen its supervision of cross-border e-commerce, small-value parcels and DDP trade models.Market analysts believe that the United States is promoting the transformation of the import supervision system from the traditional customs declaration review model to the full-process supervision model of the supply chain. In the future, the information disclosure and compliance requirements faced by import companies will be further improved.03Industry Observation Industry insiders believe that this reform will significantly increase the entry threshold for the US import market.For companies that rely on low-cost customs clearance, borrowing IOR, shell company operations, and non-compliant DDP models to conduct business, operating costs and compliance pressure will increase significantly in the future.Enterprises with a complete supply chain management system, real trade background and strong compliance capabilities are expected to obtain a more stable development environment.As subsequent supporting regulations are introduced one after another, the U.S. import customs clearance market may enter a more stringent regulatory stage. Relevant companies need to continue to pay attention to policy changes and prepare for supply chain and compliance management in advance.This executive order sends a clear signal that the United States will further strengthen import supervision and trade enforcement.Judging from the current policy direction, the focus of supervision has gradually extended from simply collecting tariffs to supply chain transparency, importer qualification review, and trade authenticity verification.For Chinese export companies, cross-border e-commerce sellers and logistics service providers, they need to pay more attention to compliance declaration, origin management and supply chain information retention in the future to reduce potential trade risks.