Mitigation Guidelines: Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures and Liquidated Damages

The documents below are electronic versions of the Mitigation Guidelines Informed Compliance Publication, What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: Mitigation Guidelines: Fines, Penalties, Forfeitures and Liquidated Damages (“Mitigation Guidelines ICP”).  The entire Mitigation Guidelines ICP was last released in February 2004 as a 253-page pdf document.  CBP is now systematically updating the Mitigation Guidelines ICP.  As an initial step in the process, CBP is posting the Mitigation Guidelines ICP here as 39 separate documents, with each document covering a section of the ICP.  Each electronic document is being initially posted here as it was issued in FEBRUARY 2004 without change.  CBP will systematically update each electronic document, with select updated documents being posted here quarterly (in October, January, April, and July).  The documents will not necessarily be updated in order.  CBP will indicate that a document has been updated by revising the date in parentheses next to each link.

• Cover Page, Preface (updated December 2017)
• Late Petitions (Updated January 2020)
• Wood Packaging Materials (updated October 2019)
• Clean Diamond Trade Act (updated April 2020)
• Foreign Trade Regulations (updated September 2020)
• Advance Electronic Cargo Information (Trade Act) Requirements (updated April 2018)
• Merchandise Delivered From the Port Without CBP Authorization or Examination; Public Safety (updated April 2018)
• Electronic Passenger and Crew Manifest Requirements for Vessel and Aircraft (APIS) (updated April 2018)
• Vessel Stow Plan, Container Status Message, and Importer Security Filing (10+2) Requirements (updated January 2018)
• Introductions Contrary to Law (updated July 2019)
• Conveyance Seizures (updated February 2004)
• Imitation Firearms (updated February 2004)
• Dog and Cat Fur (updated February 2004)
• Aircraft Registration and Certification (updated February 2004)
• Passenger Failure to Declare (updated February 2004)
• Currency (updated February 2004)
• Export Seizures (updated July 2019)
• Stolen Conveyances and Parts (updated February 2004)
• Trademark, Copyright, and Other IPR Violations - violations prior to May 1, 2019  (updated February 2004)
• Trademark, Copyright, and Other IPR Violations - violations on or after May 1, 2019 (updated April 2019)
• Fraud, Gross Negligence, Negligence (1592) (updated February 2004)
• Failure to Manifest Controlled Substances (updated February 2004)
• Broker Penalties (updated February 2004)
• Drawback (updated February 2004)
• Recordkeeping (updated February 2004)
• Conveyance-related Violations (updated February 2004)
• Liquidated Damages – General Information (updated April 2019)
• Entry, Duties, Passenger Processing Fees (updated February 2004)
• TIBs (updated February 2004)
• Carnets (updated February 2004)
• Redelivery, Notice of Refusal (updated February 2004)
• Failure to Provide Missing Documents (updated February 2004)
• SEDs, Export Documents (updated February 2004)
• In-bond (updated February 2004)
• Warehouse Proprietors Bond (updated February 2004)
• Airport Security (updated February 2004)
• Failure to Hold Merchandise at Place of Examination (updated February 2004)
• CES Violations (updated February 2004)
• CFS Violations (updated February 2004)
• Unentered Merchandise (updated February 2004)
• FTZ Violations (updated February 2004)
• Softwood Lumber (updated February 2004)
• Reconciliations (updated February 2004)
• Outbound Redelivery (updated April 2019)
• NAFTA Duty Deferral Entries (updated February 2004)
• Trade Fair Regulations (updated February 2004)
• Additional Information (updated February 2004)