Form 5291 – Fill Out and Use This PDF

Department of Treasury

U.S. Customs Service

19 CFR 141.32

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Check appropriate box: (1)

Individual

Partnership

Corporation

Sole Proprietorship

IRS No / SS No.(2) ________________________________ DOB required for SS No. _________________

as a true and lawful agent and attorney of the grantor named above for and in the name, place, and stead of said grantor from this date and in Customs Port _____ and no other name, to make,

endorse, sign, declare, or swear to any entry, withdrawal, declaration, certificate, bill of lading, or other document required by law or regulation in connection with importation, transportation, or exportation of any merchandise shipped or consigned by or to said grantor; to perform any act or condition which may be required by law or regulation in connection with such merchandise; to receive any merchandise deliverable to said grantor;

To make endorsements on bills of lading conferring authority to make entry and collect drawback, and to make, sign, declare, or swear to any statement, supplemental statement, schedule, supplemental schedule, certificate of delivery, certificate of manufacture of certificate of manufacture and delivery, abstract of manufacturing records, declaration of proprietor on drawback entry, declaration of exporter on drawback entry , or any other affidavit or document which may be required by law or regulation for drawback purposes, regardless of whether such bill of lading, sworn statement, schedule, certificate, abstract, declaration, or other affidavit or document is intended for filing in said port or in any other customs port;

To sign, seal, and deliver for and as the act of said grantor any bond required by law or regulation in connection with the entry or withdrawal of imported merchandise or merchandise exported with or without benefit of drawback, or in connection with the entry, clearance, lading, unlading or navigation of any vessel or other means of conveyance owned or operated by said grantor, and any and all bonds which may be voluntarily given and accepted under applicable laws and regulations, consignee’s and owner’s declarations provided for in section 485, Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, or affidavits in connection with the entry of merchandise;

To sign and swear to any document and to perform any act that may be necessary or required by law or regulation in connection with the entering, clearing, lading, unlading, or operation of any vessel or other means of conveyance owned or operated by said grantor;

To authorize other Customs Brokers to act as grantor’s agent; to receive, endorse and collect checks issued for Customs duty refunds in grantor’s name drawn on the Treasurer of the U.S.; if grantor is a nonresident of the US, to accept service of process on behalf of the grantor;

And generally to transact al the customhouses in said port any and all customs business, including making, signing, and filing of protests under section 514 of the Tariff Act of 1930, in which said grantor is or may be concerned or interested and which may property be transacted or performed by an agent and attorney, giving to said agent and attorney full power and authority to do anything whatever requisite and necessary to be done in the premises as fully as said grantor could do if present and acting, hereby ratifying and confirming all that the said agent and attorney shall lawfully do by virtue of these presents; the foregoing, power of attorney to remain in full force and effect until the _______ day of,

20______, or until notice of revocation in writing is duly given to and

received by the Port Director of Customs of the port aforesaid. If the donor of this power of attorney is a partnership, the said power shall in no case have any force or effect after the expiration of 2 years from the date of its receipt in the office of the Port Director of Customs of the said port.

Per 19 CFR Ch. 111.29(b)(1) – If you are the importer of record, payment to the broker will not relieve you of liability for Customs charges (Duty, taxes, or other debts owed to Customs ) in the event the charges are not paid by the broker.

Per 19 CFR Ch. 111.36(c)(2)(i) – This power of attorney waives the requirement for Jane Kim VIP Customs Service Inc. to transmit directly to the importer a true copy of the brokerage charges if the fees and charges are to be collected by or through a forwarder.