QUESTION: My question is regarding export compliance on drop shipments outside US. Company A buys product from Company B, and request that Company B ships it directly to Company C in another country. Company A provides their own shipment account number, Company B creates shipment under Company A’s account. There is a financial transaction between […]
QUESTION: Looking for some information as to how membership handles eCommerce shipments going international. Any special difference in shipping to Canada versus other countries? If large carriers are used for shipments, what minimum export controls should or must be in place. %%%%%%%%%% ANSWER: The same export controls for your regular shipments apply to your eCommerce […]
QUESTION: When filing the EEI, is the value that needs to be reported the total value of the shipment or just the value of the HS Code/Sched B being filed? Same question for Qty. Is the EEI Qty reporting amount the Qty of the specific Schedule B or or all items? ============ Answers: EEI is […]
QUESTION: Can anyone in the membership give me a quick tutorial on offshore exports, territorial waters etc? As in, when is it an export from the US vs a US domestic shipment? is it purely distance from shore that determines? ========== Answers: I had to research this a few years ago. I’m attaching some of […]
QUESTION: How do you handle the export invoice when you have an incentive that includes a “FREE” item. Example: Buy 3 bracelets, get a wallet free. The invoice lists the 3 items with the total value. I think we have to add a value for customs only of the value of the “free” item but […]
QUESTION: How are ICPA members balancing the information required for Export Compliance against foreign country privacy laws, specifically as it pertains to citizenship of involved parties working in places like the EU and Canada who have strict privacy laws? %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: I’ve worked several projects aimed at bringing the two together under enterprise governance risk […]
QUESTION: What are the potential penalties for not having a valid export POA on file with a forwarder at the time of export from the US? ***************** Answers: Was there a signed SLI that provided the forwarder authorization to file the EEI? *************** As far as government penalties, the risk is much more for the […]
QUESTION: We are a US Company shipping a 600 series controlled product (0A606.x) to our subsidiary in the UK who will then ship to their Customer located in Turkey. We are shipping the product under the STA Exception. Are there further requirements/regulations that will need to be met? ========== Answer: Beyond getting the assurances from […]
QUESTION: Has anyone heard when the new proposed regulations for routed exports will be released? %%%%%%%%%% ANSWER: At BIS Update Census and Bis said NPR by end of year
QUESTION: I was recently asked whether our company needs to add a Destination Control Statement (DCS) in export invoices outside of the United States. This means to ask our foreign subsidiaries in (e.g. China, Russia, Germany, etc.) to add the DCS on their invoices. To clarify, we produce professional audio solutions, mostly EAR99 but some […]
QUESTION: The destination control statement on our commercial invoices is causing questions from our end customers. They are confused with the line that says” they may not be re-sold” because in some cases, they are distributors for us in a foreign country. What is the best way to explain to them that this is a […]
QUESTION: We are a fulfillment center fulfilling orders for our customer and shipping them out on their behalf. Questions: 1) On the international export commercial invoice, who should be listed as the shipper? a) The fulfillment center name and address OR b) the customer’s name with our address or their address? 2) For domestic shipment, […]
