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 […]
Question: If a forwarder has been performing AES filings for a USPPI without a valid POA, what are the possible enforcement actions? Any impact on the USPPI? The regs clearly say you have to have one, but I’m not clear on what they can do about it if you don’t. If you have a POA, […]
Question: I’ve spent half the day on the Census website looking for answer to this question: Is it acceptable to file AES by invoice line item? Example: line item 1 = tariff code 123, value $5,000; line item 2 = (same) tariff code 123, value $5,000. The “normal” way to file AES is to add […]
Question: We provide the selling value, inland freight, and forwarding fees as our Value for the EEI filed by the forwarder. If our inland move is to a final US port of export, then I instruct others the value we provide for the EEI should match during the audit of the AES record from the […]
Question: >From my understanding, when you send a truck shipment to Mexico, the US long haul carrier drops off the shipment at the border and there is a drayage company that picks up the freight on the US side and carries it across to the Mexican long haul carrier. When reporting the carrier information in […]
Question:I have a question for the membership. We recently attended a workshop at alocal freight forwarder and the topic of AES filing was brought up in thecontext of if you have an export shipment of two items both with the sameSchedule B number. Item # 1 is valued at $ 2000.00 with and is classifiedas […]
Question: I would like to hear how exporters are handling AES filing when thecommercial sale quantity of product is measured differently than the AESUoM reporting requirements. For example, some of our products sell by thecase but the AES reportable UoM may be “pieces”, “eaches” or “Dozen”, or “Kg”or even “X”. Did trade compliance work with […]
