Question: Has anyone else faced this type of pushback from your management team? If so, were you somehow able to persuade them? As a Licensed Customs Broker, I feel uneasy about having a broker use a HTS code from an invoice that I don’t think is accurate. I am personally of the opinion that […]
Question: I have been asked to create a process for HTS Quarterly Review. The quarterly review is to touch every part we have every year or every other year. Does anyone have a sample of a process for this or recommendations for how to go about this? =========== Answer: Without knowing the type complexity, or […]
Question: Looking for guidance on classifying chemicals and to get someone within ICPA who has knowledge on how to classify the following item: Poly(ethylene-co-propylene-co-5-methylene-2-norbornene) CAS # 25038-36-2 There are two rulings pointing to chapter 40, but these rulings are not correct for this item as it truly is a liquid chemical. =========== Answers: […]
Question: Our company uses the names “Harnesses”, “Whips”, and “Jumpers”, and they are used for connecting solar panels to each other and to combiner boxes in energy-scale solar panel fields. They are cables fitted with connectors. All of the specs that our engineering department provides to our suppliers to create these products say “rated to […]
Question: Our company fully integrates commercially available laptops into our finished product, i.e., they do not plug into the external electricity distribution system of the country where we deploy them, nor do they connect the PSTN/fiber optic network. The laptop monitors and measures the performance characteristics and of the product only. The data is taken […]
Question: Good morning, I was wondering if anyone in the group would be able to send a copy of the following court case from 1977? Ideal Toy Corp. v. United States, 78 Cust. Ct. 28, 34, C.D. 4688 (1977) ************* Answers: The question that the US Customs Court addressed in this case in 1977 was […]
Question: Can the membership please comment on how their respective organizations have structured the task of classifying goods. We are a multi-national company. I propose at this point: – Centralize function held within the corporate Customs & Trade Compliance team. (USA HQ) – Primary person designated, trained and certified at the corporate office(HQ) – Secondary […]
Question:  We are looking to export our products from the US and UK into RU. Would anyone know the latest version Harmonized Tariff Schedule of Russia? ************** Answers: Be careful – the tariff changes often. The best source for the Russian nomenclature is going to be in Russian: http://www.eurasiancommission.org/ru/act/trade/catr/ett/Pages/default.aspx The English version of this website […]
Question: When assigning HTSUS – is the packaging taken into consideration if certain products are imported ready for market? ========== Answer: If the packaging is non-reusable, the packaging assumes the HTS of the contents. Addl Answer: Refer to the General Rules of Interpretation GRI 5 GRI 5 (a) Camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, […]
Question: Regarding the calculation of proof liters for vinegar, note 9 of chapter 22 of the HTSUS reads, For the purposes of heading 2209, the standard proof of vinegar is 4 percent by weight of acetic acid. We have seen examples where the acetic acid percentage is then divided by 4, and that number […]
Question: We will be exporting a system that will be used in conjunction with a machine that cuts and sews fabric into finished goods. An optical sensor is trained to recognize an incorrect color in the fabric. It is plugged into a housing unit that comprises a CPU unit with integrated power supply and various […]
Question: How are members handling the recent CIT decision where the court ruled that cell phone cases are not appropriately classified in 4202 ? Are members making the change to 3926, etc., or waiting for an official ruling from CBP ? =============== Answers: This is an interesting question. The Customs Regulations state that a decision […]
