Export Compliance

QUESTION: One of our locations could not complete the EEI filing because the system went down. The product was shipped anyway with an EEI filing. Value of $3,500.00. How do we fix this? Do we self report? To whom? Will there be fines or penalties? ************** Add’l Answer: Some good answers below, follow their advice. […]

QUESTION: I have friends who have specialized in import trade compliance for 10 years, mostly in apparel/footwear and consumer products. They have dabbled in export TC but its very basic – screenings, record keeping, auditing export filings, all EAR99 product. Taken the online BIS training’s. Any knowledge of difficult export requirements is really theoretical. No […]

QUESTION: Our company doubled its size for the last 7 years while we did not increase number of Export Compliance personnel (EAR99 worldwide sales). I was wondering if you can share similar trend and if possible, how many people in export compliance you have per overall number of employees in your company. Ours is 1/4500. […]

QUESTION: Can anyone share how they set up their export recordkeeping program? What docs do you save? How do you save the info – electronic or hard copy? How do you set up the recordkeeping folder – by year/month/day? How do you set up the specific export file – ITN/AWB#/Customer/Date/Inv#? %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: What docs = […]

QUESTION: Can anyone provide guidance on filing a deemed export violation? %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: Suggest making an investigation to start with, and then determining if the violation is ITAR, EAR or other. You will will want to do an initial disclosure to State, Commerce or whoever else governs your items. Then once investigation has been completed, […]

QUESTION: I have nearly completed an Export Compliance Manual for the small manufacturing company that I work for. Our attorney wants $7500 to review the document. I know BIS will review it for free. The attorney says that if you ask them to review it, you are more targeted for audits. Does anyone know if […]

QUESTION: Is it ever relevant for export control purposes whether a person’s US citizenship is based on birth or on naturalization?   Answers: No ( in the context of US jurisdiction/regulations) **************** No. Not all U.S. persons are U.S. citizens. A U.S. person is a U.S. person. The definitions of the different types of persons can […]

QUESTION: There are times when we ship full containers that the goods are shipped on a house bill and master bill of lading. When we receive originals, the master bill is not always included. Is it sufficient for record keeping purposes to have only the house bill of lading on file, or do we need […]

QUESTION: I would like to hear comments from the membership about the policies/procedures in their companies with regard to the use of, and access to, CCL-controlled products by employees who are not U.S. persons. Specifically I am referring to an R&D lab that uses many different types of equipment (analytic, measurement, etc.) that may be […]

QUESTION: I’m looking for a more efficient way to go through “D” and “E” product groups in Category 5 on the CCL for classification without going back and forth between groups. Does anyone have a checklist? ************ Answers: We are software company too, but I found myself spending most of the time actually not into […]