I have a heavy question for the membership. Our company has company-owned branch sales offices located around the world. In some particular countries, we require a standard end use statement, on company letterhead and signed by a company official, to be filled out detailing what exactly the customer will be doing with the product prior […]
Can shipping documents for an export shipment from CN to EU show?: 1) Ocean BOL = Shipper/Exporter: ABC “Chinese” company in China Port 2) Commercial Invoice = Exporter: DEF “American” company in the US 3) Packing List = ABC “Chinese” company in a China Port
I have some concern on how our freight forwarder is presenting our cargo descriptions to our ocean carriers, which is used to generate our ocean bills of lading. What are the specific legal requirments on cargo descriptions?
Can the membership recommend any seminars on Letters of Credit and Import Documentation being offered on the East Coast?
Our purchasing dept when issuing a purchase order to a foreign supplier (who may be an affilate) does nothing different than when they issue that PO to a US company supplier. My question is, what kind of information would you want to see on your PO for items being purchased outside of the US ? […]
We are about to import a knitted garment that was previously classified as 6110.30.3059. The previous shipments were manufactured in Australia thus quota did not apply. I also have ruling # NY M84833 on this style and Customs ruled this garment was not constructed by that particular manufacturer as per note 6. Customs also mistakenly […]
We do ocean shipping with containers being delivered to our warehouse from the rail. Trucker of choice bills broker who marks up bill and bills me. I am switching to the trucker sending their freight bills directly to my freight payment center and saving money. Broker says they no longer need to issue a DO […]
A general question on the need/requirements for packing lists. We’ve always requested a packing list from our vendors as part of the required document package. Our customs broker has approached us to ask if they need to continue to make sure that this documents is including, citing that it’s not a customs requirement. Do other […]
Does anyone have the Instructions (English Language) on how to fill in a Certificate of Origin applicable to U.S. CAFTA -DR? I have the Spanish Version however in need to train English Speaking Parties on how to implement. Thank you,
When applying for a DSP-5 in furtherance of an agreement, where does the guidance state it is required that the agreement number must be on the customer’s purchase order?
We have recently begun consolidating shipments from vendors in India, Thailand, Italy and Isreal. Last year our forwarder in Italy told us according to Italian law they had to cut an individual house air waybill for each vendor. One master, but separate house bills. This causes us to pay for separate customs entries here in […]
I am trying to get a better understanding of when a forwarder should require an export POA from exporters. Are there any clear understanding of this, e.g. the regulations, exceptions, etc?
