CBP detained my shipment from China. What to do before you send the factory’s letter.
The box is sitting. The notice is in your inbox. The factory is already writing you an English certificate.
That certificate is not the file. CBP wants a trail from the building: who made it, where, from what, who got paid. That trail is in China. Your broker cannot walk the floor from the port.
We are not US trade counsel. We get the China-side evidence. 30 minutes to name the next move.
What this page is for
Detention notice
UFLPA hold
CF-28 or CF-29
“Provide documents” on a China or Vietnam entry
Cargo at LA/Long Beach, NY/Newark, Chicago, Houston, Miami, Seattle/Tacoma
Do this today
1. Save the notice, entry number, bill of lading, and every email from CBP or the broker
2. .Do not let the factory send CBP a letter on its own.
3. Book the call. Bring the notice. Say the port.
What fails
Trading-company letter. Alibaba badge. “Made in Vietnam” with no transformation on the floor. HK invoice for a Guangdong factory. Screenshots of WeChat.
What we pull on site
Legal entity vs PI vs bank. Address vs real floor. Origin and what was actually transformed. Inputs. Payment trail that matches invoices. Dated photos. Affidavits with a chop. Then Asia Agent builds the packet your counsel files.
What happens on the call
Frequently Asked Questions
No. We are not US trade counsel. We produce the China-side evidence your counsel and broker file. CBP and DOJ decide.
Good. They still need evidence from the factory. Book and loop them in.
Yes. The presumption is against you. Self-certifications fail. You need a supply-chain trail from the floor, often past Tier 1. Same call. Bring the notice.
Say the terminal and the entry number on the call. We do not need an LA office. We need the factory.
Same. Port holds the box. Proof is in China.
Same law. Say the port on the call. No fake local office.
That is not origin. We check substantial transformation on the floor.
If they open the door: days, not months. A live detention goes first.
No. No sourcing. No factory commission.
Book anyway. Same calendar — silent factory, deposit, quality, first import.
CBP holding a China shipment?
Bring the notice. 30 minutes. We name the next move from the factory side.
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+86 15322086875
On the ground
Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Foshan, Shenzhen, Yiwu and Jinan.
