• USGR

    Question: We manufacture a finished good in the USA.  We sell the goods to our relatedMexican affiliate for the purpose of packaging the finished good.  Theproblem here is that there are poor records of the goods being exported andwhen the goods are imported back to the USA, I am unable to determine whichexport covers which […]

  • 9801.00.2500 Returned Goods

    Question: Scenario: Item from Japan that we purchase/import into US and pay duty on. They sit in our US warehouse. Two months later, we export volumes of these unused parts to Canada to fulfill Canadian customer need for their manufacture of their product XYZ at their Canadian plant.   Six months after that, the Canadian […]

  • COO/NAFTA /9801OPTIONS

    We purchase insulated wire from an US supplier and sent it down to Mexico to be cut to length.  According to several rulings in CROSS, cables cut tolength does not constitute substantial transformation, therefore, if thecable is classified under 8544.49.3080, would country of origin under 19 CFR 102.20 be US if US is the country […]

  • RETURNED GOODS

    In December we sent workholders to a related party in Canada to see if theycould use them if they were to buy one of our  machines currently in use inthe US.  The origin was originally believed to be US, the HTS isunconditionally duty free in CA  and they were expected to be returned as USGoods […]

  • QUESTION ON 9801

    Question: I am receiving requests for Mfr Affidavits from Canadian customers who some of them purchase our products in the US and send to their warehouse in Canada and then if one of their US locations needs the part they re-import the product into the US.  They want me to provide a Mfr Affidavit for […]

  • TRADE SHOW RETURNS

    Question:   We occasionally import sales promotion items (t-shirts, pens, other give aways) returned from trade fairs, exhibits and meetings. These are usually courier shipments with insufficient invoice detail to determine value, origin and HTS. Does anyone in the membership have an sop or other guidance on how to handle these types of importations? Is […]

  • CF 4455 CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

    If we export product (made in China) from the United States to Canada with the expectation that it will return back to the Unites States, how can we re-import the product duty free? If we complete a Certificate of Registration (CF4455) upon export, does that make it a product of the United States and we […]

  • 9801.00.2600

    Is anyone familiar with using 9801.00.2600? We are thinking about using this HTS for returns from foreign customers, but are unsure of what steps need to be taken in order to be in compliance with its use.

  • 9801 Tools of the Trade

    Question: When employees are returning from over-seas and shipping their tools and tool boxes used on site locations back to the US, you can use the HTSUS 9801.00.8500 since these are tools of the trade. What is the best Schedule B/HTSUS to use when shipping these tools out to the location? There are a variety […]

  • 9801 Q&A 18

    I am trying to remember what documents are required to be part of retained documents if AGR 9801 is declared. Our particular situation would be a formal entry with the AGR line item being less than $2,000. Do we need a shippers dec? An importers declaration?

  • 9801 Q&A 17

    There is a bill in the new Misc. Tariff Bills that would amend the language in chapter 9801. It looks like it would make it possible to use 9801 for non-US originating goods. I’d like to hear if others agree with this interpretation. Below are a link and the language of the bill.  Link H. […]

  • 9801 Q&A 16

    I have researching the CRegs regarding documentation requirement for our products that were exported to Canada for an exhibition and returned. Our scenario appears to meet the definition of that HTS number but I can’t find that there are any documentation requirements (like Shippers Declaration, Importers Declaration, etc). Can anyone directly me to a ruling […]