Question: Can anyone share their insight on when it is required to declare Hazardous Goods when filing EEI data? The following is an excerpt from the on-line AES Direct User Guide: Is any commodity on this shipment hazardous? specify if hazardous merchandise (as defined by the Department of […]
Question: We sell to a customer in Hong Kong. Our Hong Kong customer sells to their customer in Taiwan. The shipment is moving via courier. The value of the sale to Hong Kong is less than $2500. The value of the order between Hong Kong and Taiwan exceeds $2500. From the way I […]
Question: When a foreign buyer purchases from a US seller and will arrange for a US freight forwarder to ship the product, the USPPI should always obtain the POA that gives the forwarder permission to act on the FPPI’s behalf correct? If that POA does not include the granting of permission to file […]
Question: A defective part, no longer under warranty, is imported into the US for analysis and/or repair, if possible. At importation, 9801.00.10.12 for repairs and returns is not used because it is unknown whether or not the part will be repaired. It is determined to be repairable, it is repaired, and the […]
Question: On a routed transaction, since the USPPI does not want to complete an SLI – nor should they, who’s EIN gets reported on the AES filing when the FPPI does not have an EIN? ************
QUESTION: We received our requested 2012 AES filing records from Census, which have been separated into 3 spreadsheet tabs: AF Routed Non-routed USPPI routed – US Principal Party in Interest The column headings and content within each tab are different. What is the difference between AF Routed and USPPI routed? The […]
QUESTION: Is there any requirement in the FTR or CBP regs that an EEI must be filed for each house air waybill (assuming 30.1 criteria has been met)? The definition of an EEI “shipment” is clear but the FTR makes no mention of HAWBs and CBP is saying that we cannot “consolidate” […]
Question: I am looking for confirmation from the membership regarding how a drop-ship scenario is reported in AES. It is common for us to have an export in which we (as the USPPI) sell to a related foreign entity pursuant to an intercompany sale at an intercompany price, but we actually deliver directly […]
Question: We ship product to Korea and file as AES Option 4. We recently had a shipment that was scheduled to transship in China before continuing on to Korea. Now the carrier and forwarder is telling us that since a transshipment will occur in China,the AES must be filed as Option 2 as China […]
Question: We ship product to Korea and file as AES Option 4. We recently had a shipment that was scheduled to transship in China before continuing on to Korea. Now the carrier and forwarder is telling us that since a transshipment will occur in China,the AES must be filed as Option 2 as China […]
Question: Filer USPPI Routed Who is repsonsible/liable if non-compliant? Agent 1 USA 1 Yes Agent 1 USA 1 No If the USPPI gave incorrect data (ex. Sch B) to the agent for a routed shipment what should the USPPI do? Who is liable? If the USPPI gave incorrect data (ex. Sch B) […]
Question: Occassionally our subsidiaries in Canada and Mexico request spare parts that are normally exported from our US Parts Distribution Centers (PDCs). If our PDCs cannot fulfill the order, our US vendors of those parts will ship direct to the CA/MX subsidiaries. In this scenario, our US based company buys the part and sells to […]
