Question: Can someone from the membership tell me what export record-keeping requirements there are? What documents need to be kept and for how long? Does US Customs have the right to audit the documents or is that something they would do? ============
Question: Was wondering if the membership had any overview/summary information that provides Customs Compliance pointers for Mexico, Argentina, Panama, and Brazil. Commodity is Footwear if that helps. **********
Question: I am trying to get a sense of export control policies at other multi- national corporations. If you work for a multi-national corporation, can you please advise whether the corporation’s foreign subsidiaries have sales to countries that are embargoed by the U.S.? Why or why not? *************
Question:If you make rods for electrodes used for TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding should the rods be given a schedule B number of 8311.90 or 8515.90? Are these rods called TIG considered consumable or non-consumable?
Question: Are any members aware of any U.S. SCHEDULE B changes coming into effect in Jan 2010 ?
Question: Would any of you members be willing to share your corporate Exportpolicies regarding import/export and international transactions? We’retrying not to have to recreate the wheel. Thanks for the ideas. ================================================================ Subject: [Membership] Subject: ICPA: Answers to QUESTION ON BUILDING EXPORTPROGRAMDate: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:11:59 -0500From: “askthemembership” <askthemembership@icpainc.org>To: <membership@icpainc.org>This is a multi-part message in […]
Question:I’ve just been told that I’m responsible for the compliance of our UK office (!) and have no previous experience with UK/EU import/export. This is a branch office that handles import and re-export of US origin articles, primarily defense, but some dual-use. We’re working closely with our UK freight forwarder, but would like to have […]
I just had the most bizarre discussion with one of our salespeople.We have a customer in the United States who is asking us to ship product down to a broker in Laredo for transport to our Customer’s sub-contractor in Mexico. When we notified our customer that we would be invoicing them for the product and it […]
As a distributor of aircraft parts, not a manufacturer, how do you conduct your export classification process/procedure to determine whether a part is commerce controlled or military? I am primarily concerned with not understanding the “intent” of an item that could be military but seemingly commercial because it can be used on a variety of […]
Can anyone provide information on how they handle situations when asked by a company, in another country, to amend the invoice that is structured accurately for U.S. export (by value, classification, country of origin, etc.) and you don’t agree with the structuring, classification, etc. I understand that different countries have different regulations, however when accurate […]
Question: Do any of the members involved in Export Compliance carry LiabilityInsurance? If so, how much? Is this a personal expense or does yourcompany assume the cost? I am to be named the Corporate Export Compliance Manager in January, my background is Import (LCB), but I’m obtaining training and workingdiligently to become an Export “expert”. […]
Question: Where can I find the penalties and fines for UK compliance? I am doing research on the BERR website (http://www.berr.gov.uk/bbf/index.html), but I can’t seem to locate their regulations which state the monetary fines and penalties for exports.
