CF-28 or CF-29 from CBP. Your Chinese supplier cannot answer this by email.
A CF-28 is CBP asking for proof — origin, value, classification, who actually made the goods. A CF-29 is CBP telling you they think the entry is wrong. The clock is on the letter.
The factory will send an English explanation. That is not a response file. CBP wants records that exist in the building: license, floor, invoices, payments, what was transformed.
We are not US trade counsel. We get the China-side evidence your broker and counsel submit.
Who this is for
CF-28 request for information. CF-29 notice of action. Origin or value questions on a China entry. Counsel said “we need the manufacturer, not the trader.” Cargo at LA/Long Beach, NY/Newark, Chicago, Houston, Miami, Seattle/Tacoma.
What to do today
Save the letter, the entry, the 7501, the commercial invoice. Do not let the factory write CBP directly. Book. Bring the letter.
What fails
WeChat screenshots. “We are the factory.” HK invoice. Vietnam sticker. A certificate with no chop that matches the license.
What we pull on site
Entity vs PI vs bank. Real address. Origin / transformation. Invoices vs wires. Photos. Chopped affidavits. Packet through Asia Agent after you say yes.
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.
Applicability review: you try to show UFLPA does not apply (no XUAR, no listed entity). Exception: you accept it may apply and try to rebut forced labor with clear evidence. Both need factory-side documents. Bring the notice. We name which fight you are in.
No. That is the document that dies first.
Screening Tier 1 is not tracing. CBP asks about inputs. That is why someone has to be in the building.
Say terminal and entry number on the call. No LA office. The file is in China.
Same. Port holds the box. Proof is on the floor.
Same law. Say the port. We do not invent a local address.
Then we verify transformation and inputs on site. A third-country invoice is not a clean supply chain.
As far as the notice and the product require. Apparel and silica-heavy goods often die at Tier 2/3, not at the exporter.
No. No sourcing. No factory commission.
Live UFLPA hold goes first. Paper can start after the call. A visit is days if they open the door.
Yes. Building the file before the hold is the cheaper version of this job.
CBP sent a CF-28?
Bring the letter. 30 minutes. We name what must come from the factory.
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