April 2021 — Question 61

In order to perfect a prior-disclosure under 19 CFR § 162.74, the disclosing party must provide CBP with a description of the involved class or kind of merchandise, the impacted importation or drawback claim(s), specification of the material false statement(s) or omission(s), and – to the best of the disclosing party’s knowledge - the true and accurate information that should have been provided to Customs, within which of the following timeframes?

• AWithin 30 days of the initial disclosure date, or additional time as granted by the concerned Fines, Penalties and Forfeitures Officer.✓ CBP's answer
• BWithin 30 days of CBP’s formal request.
• CWithin 30 days of the oral disclosure date, unless additional time has been formally requested from CBP within this same period.
• DWithin 30 days of CBP’s formal request, unless a concurrent protest has been filed within the requirements of 19 CFR § 174.12 during the same period.
• EWithin 30 days of the initial disclosure date, unless the information or data is unavailable or unknown to the disclosing party.