Question: We are a flavor extract manufacturer currently working through a trial phase with various processors in France, Hungary, and India to produce vanilla oleoresin made from vanilla beans that we are initially supplying from our US inventory. These beans are shipped as 100 kg samples with the original supplier packaging. Please confirm if we […]
Question: Hi All – we (a UK based Company) have had a request from a Customer in Qatar to begin adding 12-digit tariff codes to all export invoices to align with their new classification system. We have always used the 8-digit system and switching to 12 digits will require a lot of manual work and […]
Question: I wasn’t sure what category to put this under, but here it goes. Question is this: How are other companies handling finished goods that have software installed in them that are exported, reporting, is it listed separately on documents and classified separately, etc….. My thoughts are if the software that is installed is part […]
Question: A plant employee is relocating from the US to overseas. He has packed his office into several boxes consisting of desk items (pens, files, manuals), clothing (jackets, safety vests, hard hat), and various personal items and other odds and ends (aka “junk drawer stuff”). He would like us to ship to his new assignment. […]
Question: When classifying items with a schedule b #, should it be done by what the raw material is or what the item is used for? Thank you Answer 1: Classification of goods under the Schedule B Harmonized System follows the same General Rules of Interpretation (GRIs) and Additional U.S. Rules of Interpretation as found […]
Question: All, Does anyone have experience sending antiquities back to their original county? We have some items they were excavated in the early 1980’s. We now want to return these items. Part of the issue is some items have ivory in them. We are getting mixed information about exporting. I thought they could be sent […]
Question: Please help me classify item NAVS500, Wireless HD Video Digital Transmitter & Receiver. Which classification will work best and why? 8517.62.0020 or 8525.503040. Answer 1: This seems to be a “machine” that is “designed for the purpose of performing two or more complementary or alternative functions”. You need to perform a “principal function” analysis […]
Question: Hello, We are currently procuring some parts and components from Romania, and they want to send those to us under military license, although our use is completely commercial, as they say those fall under ML10. I am actually not familiar with EU regulations and I don’t know how this will affect the Export Classification […]
Question: Is 9E619.a and 9A619.a eligible for STA? Shipping a part to Sweden and would like to use STA if possible. Answer 1: Directly from the EAR, Supplement No. 1 to Part 774 – The Commerce Control List Under 9A619: List Based License Exceptions (See Part 740 for a Description of All License Exceptions) LVS: $1,500 GBS: N/A Special […]
Question: We generally use HTS codes for export, but one of our codes is no longer accepted in AES. Does anyone have advice on interpreting the breakdown of 8517.62.0030 – 8517.62.0080? Our technical folks are getting hung up on thinking that multiprotocol can only include the three options before it (Wifi, Bluetooth and proprietary). Do […]
Question: Looking for documented support/justification (regulatory, SMEs, best practices) for why Trade Compliance uses the more stringent classification in a situation like the stack of drawings with varying ECCNs, such as EAR99 and 3A611.x, to be sent to a supplier. The end use is to provide technology needed to design/develop a machine which will be […]
Question: We have containers that we ship back empty to our suppliers that they use to fill and send us our parts back into the US. Currently we are not claiming chapter 9801 on the import side. For exports I am currently using the classification of the containers. My question is since ownership does not […]
