• END USER STATEMENT BEST PRACTICES

      Question: As part of the due diligence process our company has always requested End Use statements for all ECCN items whether a license is required or not. We have also required that our customers in countries that are high risk for diversion, whether ECCN or EAR99 items submit end use statements as well. This […]

  • END USER CERTS FOR AIRCRAFT PARTS

      Question:   Wondering what the rest of you are doing when it comes to obtaining End User Certificates for Commercial Aircraft Parts under ECCNS 9A991.  Do you obtain them for every transaction or only those transactions where an export is to occur?  Curious to know.  

  • OBTAINING END USER CERTIFICATES

      Question: 1) Is the USPPI responsible to get the end user and end use information when supplying EAR99 equipment to our “distribution” channel partners – OEMs, consultants, equipment integrators, engineering firms who are responsible to assemble multiple pieces of equipment from various vendors for a project and ship to the ultimate end user, i.e. […]

  • EEI FORM FROM FOREIGN CUSTOMER

      Question:       Does anyone have an example form they have used to request permission from   their foreign customer’s to file EEI on their behalf rather than their chosen   freight forwarder in order to avoid routed transactions?       *************  

  • BLANKET END USER CERT

      Question:       I have created a blanket end user certification for all of our customers to   sign and return.  Many of them return it completed right away, no questions   asked.  Many customers, mainly foreign either do not understand it, or simply   do not want to sign it.  Have others […]

  • HTS # ON OCEAN LOAD LISTS

    Question:   We received a call from a customers freight forwarder informing us they   would not accept our export documents as submitted.   This was a multiple container ocean shipment that did not contain any   controlled or licensed material. Terms were FCA dock. In addition to the BOL   and container inspection reports […]

  • PACKING LISTS

      Question: My company is working on implementing SAP. I have been asked to review our current Packing Lists and Commercial Invoices to determine what information should populate on the new versions that will be generated once we are up and running with SAP. I am looking for comments from the membership regarding Packing Lists […]

  • SHIPPING DOCS FOR CONTAINERS

      Question: We are a large retailer, and I am being told that ALL of our competitors administrate their shipping of FOB product by container rather than by purchase order. For the retailers out there, are you shipping and entering by container? Although I understand the cost savings associated with one doc set and one […]

  • BOL DETAIL FOR DROP SHIPMENTS

    QUESTION:     I would like the membership’s input on the ocean bill of lading detail for drop ships.  We currently have a relationship with a foreign seller in China where they ship product to our customers in Europe.   Under these transactions, the terms of sale are FOB Origin Port.  These FOB terms are applied […]

  • WEIGHTS ON PACKING LISTS

      Question:   We have been informed by a customer in China that there is a requirement from   Chinese customs that the weight of each line on a packing list is itemized,   rather than the weight of the entire shipment being summarized, as it is our   current practice.   We asked the […]

  • Apparel Importers WAD sheet

      Question:   This is a question to all the apparel importers.  We have always required the Wearing Apparel Detail sheet (WAD) to be included with the commercial docs for all of our apparel entries.  Our invoice descriptions are generic, so the WAD, covers the additional invoice requirements in 141.89 (a).  We have a vendor […]

  • Invoice swap with courier

      Question: Typical Sales transaction from US to EU: USA group company A sells to UK group company B, then UK Company B sells to Customer C in Germany. When drop shipping from A to C, we ask a freight forwarder to switch commercial invoice upon arriving at destination for destination import clearance.  Company B […]