Ghoul
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Don't listen to the know nothing clowns who insist nothing will change.
They think customs hasn't changed since 1960 and inspects packages by watching a screen as packs go by on a conveyor belt through an x-ray machine.
It's the additional data required through the normal customs import process, the strict enforcement of the accuracy of that data via brutal penalties imposed on the shipping companies that will make the crackdown very effective.
All this data is transmitted to CBP before departure from China.
"Trusted shippers", large established retailers, will face few inspections, while unknown, new shippers will be heavily scrutinized. It's unlikely any trusted retailer would knowingly risk their ability to ship and sell in the US by allowing gear to be mixed in with their goods.
Logistics companies in China that handle all these packs are being forced to employ "know your customer" identity verification rules to ensure they know who's responsible if contraband is found. The companies face the potential of extended bans after repeated violations, costing them millions of dollars a day.
A trial run of this type of brutal enforcement for failing to ensure accurate data was inflicted on 6 of them last year as an example to all of what to expect once de minimus ended. The suspensions were terminated early, but the losses were still in the tens of millions of dollars,
US Customs tightens enforcement on low-value e-commerce trade
U.S. trade regulators and lawmakers are trying to even the playing field for U.S. companies and close a security gap by cracking down on e-commerce importers taking advantage of a trade loophole.
www.freightwaves.com
If you think the AAS business has enough juice to get packages of gear into the containers of these companies who have so much to lose you're kidding yourself.
They'll find another way, through some 3rd party country perhaps, but that remains to be seen, and I'm not sure any country will be very happy finding out they've put themselves in the crosshairs for facilitating the transport of small bags of powder to the US on behalf of China.
Any loophole that allows AAS to be slipped into the US would be used for the far more profitable synthetic opioid precursors as well, and quickly become a target.
Whatever happens next month, the days of easy, near guaranteed successful direct shipments of cheap gear from China to your front door are coming to an end.
