Patent ID: 8732093

Claim:
A system for enabling duty determination for each of a plurality of commingled international shipments being shipped to a plurality of consignees located in a country, the plurality of commingled international shipments being packed in an over packed carton, the system comprising: memory; and at least one computer processor configured to: receive information for each of the commingled international shipments, the information comprising consignee data and value data for each of the commingled international shipments; store the information in the memory; create an individual shipment identifier for each of the commingled international shipments; associate each individual shipment identifier with the information comprising the consignee data and the value data for the corresponding commingled international shipment; transmit each individual shipment identifier and the information comprising the consignee data and the value data for each of the commingled international shipments to a customs system to enable customs to individually determine, based at least in part on the value data for each of the commingled international shipments, a duty due for each of the commingled international shipments packed in the over packed carton; and after at least one of the plurality of commingled international shipments has cleared customs: delete the individual shipment identifier for the at least one of the plurality of commingled international shipments that has cleared customs; and create a domestic package identifier for the over packed carton identifying an intermediary location inside the country as a domestic consignee for the over packed carton, wherein the over packed carton is shipped as a domestic shipment to the intermediary location inside the country so that the at least one of the plurality of commingled international shipments can be separated from the over packed carton after arrival at the intermediary location and shipped to the corresponding consignee in the country.