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 […]
Question: I am being asked to provide an Export Trade Control Order (Japanese regulation) certificate for a certain product. While I’m able to find information online about the Japanese Export Trade Control Order, I’m unable to find any information related to a certificate pertaining to this order. I’m also unable to find any examples. The […]
Question: I’m not familiar with master bill of ladings and house bill of ladings and don’t quite understand them. A supplier shipped 3 containers under one commercial invoice. All containers departed on the same vessel. The shipment ended up being booked under 3 separate master bills and therefore my broker is telling me that 3 […]
Question: We have seen a couple of times recently where we are notified in transit that the quantity ordered, booked and shown on the bill of lading is not the quantity that shipped for some reason. Then when we push back to get them to correct documents to what actually shipped so we can clear […]
Question: Looking to see how other importers are handling documentation for their import supply chain. We utilize both steamship lines and handful of forwarders We are a medium size importer (3000-3700 containers per year). Right now, documentation is a manual process, meaning it is emailed from suppliers (over 100 suppliers) to us. We enter into […]
Question: Is there a preference or regulation that dictates what address to use for Block 26 on the 7501 for the IOR name and address? Situation: Entries for my company shows the address for the corporation as either the physical address from the bond or the mailing address from the bond. This is different than […]
Question: I believe that if a forwarder , etc., hires a broker to do a clearance for you they are required to put a copy of the original broker billing with their billing to you – per the Customs Regulations. How about an informal entry (not an express courier) where the outsourced broker makes themselves […]
Question: I was hoping to get a better understanding of the difference between a Certificate of Conformance and an 8130. My company currently imports Overhauled parts from Canada into the US. When these parts are overhauled, an 8130 is produced in accordance with FAA regulations. Our company uses that 8130 to utilize the “Product Eligible […]
Question: I would like to know if you print the full 10 digit HTS code on commercial documents or do you only print the first six digits. We would like to know what most companies do, as we have been discussing both options. ========== Answers: We print the full 10 digit HTS code on our […]
Question: I would like to understand how other US exporters handle this situation. We export our product using a specific schedule B code (8517.62.0050). Our foreign customer (not related) in WTO country would like us to use a different code on our Commercial Invoice. The code they are asking us to use in not […]
Question: I’d like to know how the membership handles preparing IMO or IATA DG declarations for routed or distributed shipments. For routed, we are acting as the exporter but often will not pack the goods in the container for export. The will be delivered to a forwarder first so we cannot attest that the packaging […]
Do any of the members require their business partners to utilize pre-approved shipping documentation templates (for commercial invoices, packing lists, etc.) and if so, would they be willing to share their templates? Answers: No, but we do dictate the required data elements that said docs must contain, and “offer” (not require) […]
