CUSTOMS-HOUSE BROKER

  

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CUSTOMS-HOUSE BROKER

Specialty Definition: CUSTOMS-HOUSE BROKER

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Occupations

Prepares and compiles documents required by federal government for discharge of foreign cargo at domestic port to serve as intermediary between importers, merchant shipping companies, airlines, railroads, trucking companies, pipeline operators, and the United States Customs Service: Prepares entry papers from shipper's invoice in accordance with U.S. Customs Service regulations, and regulations of other federal agencies bearing on importation of goods, such as Environmental Protection Agency and Food And Drug Administration. Files papers with Customs Service and arranges for payment of duties. Quotes duty rates on goods to be imported, based on knowledge of federal tariffs and excise taxes. Prepares papers for shippers desiring to appeal duty charges imposed by Customs Service. Provides for storage of imported goods and for transportation of imported goods from port to final destination. May register foreign ships with U.S. Coast Guard. Must be licensed by U.S. Treasury Department or operate under corporate license granted to employer by Treasury Department. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CUSTOMS-HOUSE BROKER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 55 53 54 4F 4D 53 2D 48 4F 55 53 45      42 52 4F 4B 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01010101 01010011 01010100 01001111 01001101 01010011 00101101 01001000 01001111 01010101 01010011 01000101 00100000 01000010 01010010 01001111 01001011 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#85 &#83 &#84 &#79 &#77 &#83 &#45 &#72 &#79 &#85 &#83 &#69 &#32 &#66 &#82 &#79 &#75 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0055 0053 0054 004F 004D 0053 002D 0048 004F 0055 0053 0045      0042 0052 004F 004B 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

375553544947531542495553392365249453952

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