Leslie August
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There are two different US Customs forms you can use to prove that the equipment being brought back into the US are American Goods Returned. One is the CBP4455 https://www.atacarnet.com/cbp-form-4455 for commercial equipment and the other is the CBP4457. The former is called a Certificate of Registration and the latter is a Certificate of Registration for Personal Effects. The ATA Carnet also serves as a Certificate of Registration for American Goods Returned. What foreign customs will accept is a different story. Many countries accept the carnet and all countries have some kind of temporary import bond you can post to get equipment into their country. Unfortunately, those bonds usually need to be paid for and often collateralized in cash with the local currency. Using a local customs broker’s bond is also an option but you will pay for those services as well. As someone else in this thread mentions, you have to choose how much risk you are willing to assume.
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As I am reviewing some of the threads in these forums I am responding albeit late to s few of the issues regarding clearing customs. Since this original post went up, there has been an intensive training program of US Customs officers regarding the ATA Carnet. The national guaranteeing association for carnets in the US undertook to do in-person training with officers around the country beginning in about 2009. Hopefully this training will help alleviate some of the issues with using carnets in and out of the US.
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Just posting an update here about carnets. There are now 71 countries in the carnet system and more on the way: https://www.atacarnet.com/carnet-countries. Brazil is likely to be the next country entering the system.