Question: Question: We are the U.S. Principal Party in Interest (USPPI) for a routed export transaction where the Foreign Principal Party in Interest (FPPI) designated the forwarder. The shipment was intended for a customer in Vietnam (VN), and our export documentation reflected that destination. However, upon reviewing the export bill of lading, I noticed the […]
Question: My company manufactures industrial chemicals (Classified as EAR99, NLR). Occasionally, we have a US-based customer (they are the order party) that requests us to drop-ship directly to a foreign company (no DPS concerns). Who should be the USPPI responsible for AES filing? How do other US companies handle export shipment requests to a foreign […]
Question: We exported to Brazil, and that customer is asking for a copy or our “customs documentation” for the ITN. Can or should our EEI be shared externally? Especially internationally? I thought it an odd request and have asked for more information to understand why. My thoughts are that there may be export regulation that […]
Question: I have submitted the below to the ECJU helpdesk but also wanted to get the thoughts of other UK exporters: “We are a UK manufacturer making equipment that falls within the military list (MLx). If we have a non-UK national working for us as a full-time employee, is it considered a “deemed export” to […]
Question: What would constitute the need of a voluntary disclosure to OFAC? We found that one of our products, low control, were diverted to an embargoed country but we didn’t directly sell them. It would be a tier three distributor. What is the risk and steps to take if it’s one distributor vs multiple […]
Question: Our company is a training facility for helicopter pilots. We have full-flight simulators that are used during training and our students come from various countries for training. In an upcoming training session, a prospective student will be bringing his personal night vision goggles (NVG) to use during the training. The goggles are ITAR controlled. […]
Question: Hello, I am trying to export a Dell server with and Nvidia H200 chip. Per the OEM, the server has HTS Code: 8473.30.9100 and ECCN: 4A090.A. I need to export to the following countries: Germany, UK, Canada, and Switzerland. I am trying to determine whether License Exception NAC or ACA would apply or whether […]
Question: My company exports EAR99 items to Serbia. In our screening software, Serbia comes up as “gray embargo”. The receiving party, or intermediaries, do not appear on the consolidated list. In checking the Balkans-related sanctions under the OFAC website, I am not seeing anything that concerns me from an export compliance related perspective. The […]
Question: Here is the situation: Company in country “X” nominates a US forwarder to facilitate export of items from my client’s office. Their appointed drivers pick up the goods and deliver to their US based freight forwarder who arranges logistics/freight for the export. For a long time, the forwarder has filed AES/EEI for this client […]
Question: We sell our medical products to the cruise ship companies who dock at Cuba but our products will NOT go on-shore, always remain on the cruise ship. Being medical products, there are likely to be a license exemption, but do we need to explicitly mention on our Ts&Cs to the cruise ship companies? Answer […]
Question: With the TikTok ban looming, I am looking for some guidance on if it is at all possible to continue to do business with them if the ban goes through. I say no, but management says that it would not affect us. TikTok has locations all over the world, just about every country and […]
Question: Hi everyone! Does anyone have a Trade and Sanctions Compliance Risk Assessment they could share? I’d really appreciate it. (And please, no suggestions to check BIS or Google) Thanks so much. Answer 1: Hi. Attached is a Trade Compliance and Sanctions Risk Assessment I created for a recent project. It might be a good […]
