QUESTION: When our foreign parent (mainly) uses an overnight shipper (“OS”) to send goods to us, OS uses its importer number to file – not ours. However, we cannot access our entry nor cannot find anyone at the OS to provide us with any classifications that OS has used and/or continues to use to clear […]
QUESTION: We audited some export shipments recently and on several different days we found five to eight courier packages shipping from the same location to the same destination on the same day. Upon further review, individually, the HS Code/value each package does not reach the $2,5000 threshold but when they are added up the HS […]
QUESTION: We recently had an import shipment come in on DAP terms with a courier we do not have a POA with. The courier cleared the shipment under their IOR number and listed my employer as the “Ultimate Consignee.” The value was $77K. My question is, even though the courier cleared the shipment under their […]
QUESTION: Asking for a friend 😉 Wondering if anyone has a solution/workaround to loading export invoice data into a courier portal . Two situations are arising: 1. Rejection by the courier portal for EEI value exceeding the invoice value (many exporters have to be shipping EXW…why would this be a flaw) 2. Customs clearance issues […]
QUESTION: How can I get courier to turn over imports into the US to our Customs Broker for informal/formal entries when I have sent a letter to them already? =========== Answers: You need to get on their Broker of Choice program. Talk to your account representative. Most couriers have a method for this, but you […]
QUESTION: How can I get courier to turn over imports into the US to our Customs Broker for informal/formal entries when I have sent a letter to them already? ========== Answers: Are you asking your suppliers/collaborators to mark the air waybills as “broker select”? That seems to work about 80% of the time. If any […]
QUESTION: We use the dedicated brokerage team of a large express carrier and been working closely together to ensure our parts database is current, and our SOP contains required information to reduce errors. In spite of reviews and corrective measures (which include a secondary review by the brokerage team prior to sending us the completed […]
QUESTION: Looking for best processes for importing low value courier shipments that have PGA involved. It is our understanding that: You can only import one Section 321 per day / per company The majority of PGA items cannot be cleared via Section 321 If both of those facts are true…what are some best practices for […]
QUESTION: We have been experiencing repeated problems with the import clearance division of an express carrier. Our company sister locations use an express carrier to send us regular shipments (5-20+ per week) CPT our Boston destination. Their import broker division repeatedly tells us they can’t find the part number in our HTS database, […]
QUESTION: A lot of our business moves small parcel and are high value shipments, by far over the $2,500K mark for filing a formal entry. Recently, I was auditing a freight invoice for a small parcel shipment and noticed that the charges were quite significant for what was shipped. I called the parcel company and […]
QUESTION: I am auditing my import entries under ACE Reporting AM008. Most of my brokers entries are there. However, I was alarmed to see very few and missing many from express couriers which I know we have made several entries. My questions to the group, Does ACE only capture Formal Entries and not […]
QUESTION: I am auditing my import entries under ACE Reporting AM008. Most of my brokers entries are there. However, I was alarmed to see very few and missing many from express couriers which I know we have made several entries. My questions to the group, Does ACE only capture Formal Entries and not Informal or […]
