Question: What is the feeling among members as to the applicability of GRI 3(b) as it relates to orders placed over the internet? I’ll break it down into several scenarios in case the group feels it makes a difference. Scenario one – when choosing the product over the internet, the customer is presented with a […]
Does anyone know where I can find the Venezuela Tariff Schedule? I need to find out the percentage duty rates on some items.
Question:In order to transact “customs business” such as classification on behalf of an importer, the party providing the services is required to be licensed, correct? How do attorneys that provide classification advice and other services that might constitute “customs business” get by without having a CHB license? Let’s say the attorney had a CHB […]
I would like to see if I could get feedback from importers who specifically import sets of glass or lead crystal drinking glasses without, of course, revealing any specific companies.I have been challenged by some of our buyers that these items should be classified according to the set value, not the individual item value. I have […]
I have a question for anyone in the membership who imports shoes. I have a buyer at my company who is importing a few pairs of shoes with fabric bottoms. These shoes were previously imported without fabric bottoms. The problem for me is that these shoes are clearly intended to be worn outdoors, not indoors. […]
Does anyone use or know of HTS and/or ECCN classification software that systematically “walks you through” the classification process until the appropriate classification is determined? CBP wants us to have an audit trail which provides details as to the individual WHO determined product classifications, as well as HOW they made the determination. Does a software […]
Does anyone have detailed information regarding the June 1, 2006 HTSUS revision of Chapter 62 – specifically as applies to “compact yarns”? What are compact yarns and how are they determined?
How does the group classify software right to use certificates or software licenses ???
Question: I would like to ask the group on the HTS used for user manuals on CD when paper documentation is shipped as well?
Does anyone have “in-house classification training” that they would be willing to share?
As an importer we receive requests for chemical samples on slides for review. We receive these requests for thousands of chemicals on slides at a time per import order. As these chemicals are essentially useless for anything else other than laboratory research are these subject to any special classifications for the shipment of samples as […]
Question: If you have a finished good, say an aircraft part in heading 8803, how do you classify the underlying components? Nuts and bolts I know always stay nuts and bolts, and never take on the 8803 heading, but what about other components, say major metal components? Most of these components would be specifically shaped […]
