OOCL - Acceptable and Non Acceptable Descriptions

Non Acceptable and Acceptable Cargo Descriptions

The following descriptions show the difference between non-acceptable and acceptable descriptions. Non-acceptable descriptions may result in "Hold for Examination" or "Hold for More Information" notices.
Non-acceptable descriptions include: freight of all kinds (FAK); said to contain (STC); shippers load stow and count (SLAC); general merchandise and other similar vague descriptions.

Non Acceptable	Acceptable
Apparel Wearing Apparel Ladies' Apparel Men's Apparel	Clothing Shoes Footwear Jewelry (may include watches)
Appliances	Kitchen Appliances Industrial Appliances Heat Pump
AutoParts	New Autoparts Used Autoparts
Caps	Baseball Caps Blasting Caps Bottle Caps Hub Caps
Chemicals, hazardous Chemicals, non-hazardous	Actual Chemical Name (not brand name) Or U.N. HAZMAT Code Identifier #
Electronic Goods Electronics	Computers Consumer Electronics, Telephones Electronic Toys (can include Gameboys, Game Cubes, Dancing Elmo Doll etc.) Personal/Household Electronics (i.e. PDA's, VCR's, TV's)

Not Acceptable	Acceptable
Equipment	Industrial Equipment, Oil Well Equipment, Automotive Equipment, Poultry Equipment, etc.
Flooring	Wood Flooring, Plastic Flooring, Carpet, Ceramic Tile, Marble Flooring
Foodstuffs	Oranges Fish Packaged Rice, Packaged Grain, Bulk Grain
Iron	Iron Pipes, Steel Pipes
Steel	Iron Building Material, Steel Building Material
Leather Articles	Saddles Leather Handbags Leather Jackets, Shoes
Machinery	Metal Working Machinery Cigarette Making Machinery
Machines	Sewing Machines Printing Machines
Pipes	Plastic Pipes PVC Pipes Steel Pipes Copper Pipes
Plastic Goods	Plastic Kitchenware, Plastic Houseware, Industrial Plastics Toys, New/Used Auto Parts
Polyurethane	Polyurethane Threads Polyurethane Medical Gloves
	Personal Effects Household Goods
Rubber Articles	Rubber Hoses Tires Toys Rubber Conveyor Belts
Rods	Welding Rods Rebar Aluminum Rods Reactor Rods
Scrap	Plastic Scrap Aluminum Scrap Iron Scrap
STC (Said to Contain) General Cargo FAK ( Freight of All Kinds) "No Description"
Tiles	Ceramic Tiles Marble Tiles
Tools	Hand Tools Power Tools Industrial Tools
Wires	Electric Wires Auto Harness Coiled Wire (Industrial)

For more information go to Canadian Customs website at:
http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/import/advance/faqs-e.html#5a

For a list of FAQs click on the below:-http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/communications_to_trade/advance_info/tpa_faqs.ctt/tpa_faqs.doc

OOCL North America Security Advisory

Verification Interface

CBP has launched a web based C-TPAT Status Verification Interface (SVI), which allows C-TPAT participants the ability to on line query on the status of consenting/certified C-TPAT companies. The website is maintained by CBP.
OOCL is a participant in this program.
Customers/supply chain partners who are C-TPAT participants and wish to verify the status of OOCL in the program can access the website at - http://www.cbp.gov/
The company querying on the status will need to sign into the site with their own ID & password, which would have been assigned to them by CBP.
The OOCL partner SVI # for the query is oocSea00592, and is case sensitive.
OOCL is also a participant in CIP (Carrier Initiative Program), and PIP (Partners in Protection), a Canada Border Services Agency security initiative.
OOCL is not a participant in U S Customs and Border Protection SCIP (Super Carrier Initiative Program), BASC (Business anti-Smuggling Coalition), Americas Counter Smuggling Initiative (ACSI), or Land Border Carrier Initiative Program (LBCIP)

Additional information on this subject may be found on CBP website at - http://www.cbp.gov

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