QUESTION: So we purchase material (ex-works) from another company. We are the Customer. another company ships us the purchased material. However, they refuse to put the foreign ship from address on the commercial invoice. The product in turn gets stopped by our broker because there is no ship from address listed. We have been going […]
QUESTION: I would like to confirm as importer of record if we should be retaining any further documents for cross border shipments from Mexico/Canada. The documents we are currently retaining are below: Entry Summary (7501) Inward Cargo Manifest for vessel under 5 tons… Entry/Immediate Delivery Form Commercial invoice (includes paps and carrier code) ******** Answers: […]
QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership keep their US import records for 6 years (default) to cover recordkeeping requirements for the ISF rather than the 5 years required by the regulations for the other documents? We changed our recordkeeping policy to 6 years after the ISF was implemented, but I am wondering if we should […]
QUESTION: Our company is looking into the possibility of cutting our own IT’s. Can anyone give the pros and cons to cutting your own IT’s? Also, I would like some feedback on best practices for this process. *********** Answers: We have many clients using our system to file their In-Bonds via ABI. Some are carriers […]
QUESTION: Our shipping site asked me the other day if it was a requirement when shipping documents internationally, that we create a commercial invoice and have it accompany the shipment? My initial thought was that every international shipment requires an invoice regardless of what is being shipped. Is this correct? Can anyone point me in […]
QUESTION: We have some shipments that ship directly from Asia to South America to the following countries. The products that we shipped are consumer products like keyboards, power cords, docking stations, backpacks, etc… Argentina Brazil Chile Colombia Costa Rica Mexico (random) Panama (random) Peru According to the customs brokers at these countries, due […]
QUESTION: We import tires from overseas that are subject to anti-dumping duties. We put products from 2-3 factories in the same container, buy on FOB origin basis, and arrange with steamship lines on the freight side. The factories file for export with origin government, and are listed as “exporter” on the country’s official document. We […]
QUESTION: I am somewhat new to my company and have little experience with ocean freight from Asia – any help would be greatly appreciated. I recently learned that our AP department has a requirement of our international suppliers that the supplier name on the BOL must match the supplier name on our purchase order. I […]
QUESTION: We have a customer in the Middle East who requires both a commercial invoice and certificate of origin to be attested by the chamber of commerce in the country of origin of the product. The product is ordered through our US office, who in turn places an order with an unrelated supplier in China. […]
QUESTION: Are there any requirements regarding where US Customs documentation must be generated? Many of our commercial invoices for US Exports are generated by our Customer Service team in Mexico. Adhering to Responsible Supervision, I do have access to those documents to view and audit. Appreciate your comments. ========== Answer: On exports you are OK […]
QUESTION: I have taken over less than a year ago as the customs manager at a company and have been trying to obtain complete entry package records from a current broker for almost as long. The broker requirement is to send complete scanned entry packages (3461, 7501, commercial invoices, BOL/AWB, certificates, their invoice, etc.) to […]
Question: We purchase from a company in China who has a location in Hong Kong. The items we purchase physically ship from the location in Hong Kong, though their country of origin is China. A part of our purchase agreement is that we agree to pay the Chinese company for the transport costs from China […]
