QUESTION: We are US based company; mainly exporter with offices in different countries in EU and Asia. When exporting to some Europe countries, the taxable and dutiable value must include freight and insurance. In the past, this has been relatively easy to arrive at since the freight and insurance charges were per shipment and can […]
QUESTION: I need some assistance from the membership on how best to handle VAT taxes in the scenario below Company A USA signed a contract with Company B USA (not related) for a project in Germany. Contract includes Engineering, Material, and Installation/Commissioning Engineering services provided in USA by Company A USA Company A USA bills […]
QUESTION: Is there anyone from the Trade community that can provide any advice in whether or not a United States legal entity that is the NRI (Non Resident Importer) in Europe can apply for AEO? US entity has no permanent establishment in Europe only an office with call center and sales but all import / […]
QUESTION: I’m planning to create a trade compliance team for my company’s EU operations for next year and would like to benchmark with the membership. My company has 18 locations for Europe, most of which are manufacturing, in 13 countries. Total Europe revenue is about $400 million annually. Do you manage Europe trade compliance from […]
Question: As of late, we have had a terrible time dealing with Europe export customs officials over basically the same product we have exported for years. The scrutiny has been over description of goods in relationship to HTS code assigned. We have constantly been bickering over what we call/name the product vs. what EU customs […]
Question: Would any members have a copy of the EU HTS for 2015 in .pdf or excel ? ************ ANSWERS: You may want to try this link. It is a Canadian site but it has some great data related to other country import tariffs. http://www.international.gc.ca/trade-agreements-accords-commerciaux/topics-domaines/goods-produits/ac_link.aspx?lang=eng#p ************ You can download the pdf version with this URL: […]
Question: Do any other companies have locations in EU that are AEO? If so, do you have hired full time employee on staff to manage trade compliance and AEO accreditation? We have been told by German (DE) Customs Authorities that we must have a “full time employee with experience in compliance”, in order for us […]
Question: Is there an UK or EU version of CROSS available for HTS rulings? ********** Answers: Yes. It is TARIC ******** I used to assign EU HTS and was not aware of anything like this. I used the EU HTS book on-line and went as close to the US HTS as I could. ************ Yes, […]
Question: Would any members have a copy of the 2015 EU tariff in .pdf ? ********** Answers: Please find attached (hyperlink) the EU Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 1101/2014 of 16 October 2014 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff. […]
Question: I’m trying to determine how an aircraft engine needs to be imported into the EU, if VAT charges will be due on disassembled components sold or repaired in the EU, and if there are any other considerations to make. Any advice will be much appreciated! Details: · 1 Civil aircraft engine (used) originally assembled […]
Question: Anyone in the membership have a really good site to see the EU sanctions and regulation statements for penalties and fines on Russia and Ukraine exports. The EU seems to be targeting their sanctions on Dual Use items via HTS codes. I am having difficulty with this vs. ECCN type of rulings in US. […]
Question: We sell to a distributor located in Sweden. Our terms are FCA Our DC, Omaha, NE. USA. The distributor asked us to ship to a freight forwarder in Poland who will then move the shipment to the end customer located in the Ukraine. The distributor asked us to provide a POA to the forwarder in […]
