QUESTION: Other than possible implications to the importer (e.g., paying incorrect duties), are there any fines, penalties or other repercussions for the exporter not providing the correct HTS / Schedule B numbers when exporting? And if one isn’t provided, does the freight forwarder / shipper provide one? I know I haven’t been asked often […]
QUESTION: For many years I have been told, even by BIS to my face, that if you can only provide one, the HTS ALWAYS RULES! OK – so here we are with a system that only holds ONE number – and we use the HTSUS as that number. Now, when we export something […]
QUESTION: If you are approached by your company’s salesman and he tells you that his customer whom he has known for a long time would not furnish or submit an end use certificate, what would your appropriate response be? ========== Answers: How do we know that the customer will not use the product for illegal […]
QUESTION: I am looking for the expected process on export and import when articles are on a DSP-73 with a Carnet. What has been your experience with these types of shipments? ========== Answer: CSMS# 17-000274 – CBP Processing of DTCC Licenses for Carnet Importations 05/12/2017 11:51 AM EDT Automated Broker Interface Carnets are processed using […]
QUESTION: We do a lot of business that involves a freight forwarder recipient in the US that we know will export the goods (which are typically EAR99). I’d like to be able to track those destinations, but our “ship-to” address on record is within the US. Unless the “sold-to” or “bill-to” addresses are in the […]
How do I know if we can partake in option 4 filing? Is there an application process, or are we automatically approved to do so unless revoked? ========== Answers: Read the info: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/gettingstarted/postdeparture.html . You cannot, unless you are already approved. The program was suspended by Census years ago – no new applicants, only those […]
QUESTION: Advise if there is a specific general code that can be used when sending items such as (toy airplane, pool vest, beach towels, books and plastic kid dishes)to someone in the Air Force in the UK or do you have to supply individual codes? I can not imagine that no one else has […]
QUESTION: I would like to know whether we need to report a change in status of the FN holding the Deemed Export License when their VISA status changes, or that the FN is now a permanent residents of the United States, or is now a U.S. Citizen while their deemed export license is still active […]
QUESTION: How important is the (what I call) HTS-6 (in lieu of the Schedule B) and the country of origin (especially if there’s no FTA) on a commercial invoice when one is exporting from the US? With regard to the former, should the commercial invoice have, instead, that country’s 10-digit number (ostensibly given by the […]
QUESTION: My company is making a sale of used, trade-in laptops to another U.S. company who will then be wiping the laptops and selling to another party. This U.S. company has told me that some of the sales will be to customers in the U.K. The U.S. company will serve as the EOR in this […]
QUESTION: We are being advised by our customs broker/freight forwarder that a truck bill of lading is not required for export clearance from the US to Mexico and for import clearance from Mexico to the US. In addition, they are stating no truck bill of lading is required for recordkeeping purposes. Can someone please clarify […]
QUESTION: We are giving a presentation on export controls and we’d like to add some humor to the presentation as this is their annual update. Please provide any funny (yet appropriate) resources, pictures, comic strips, videos, PPT slides for us to use/modify? We’d like to make fun of ourselves if at all possible. ========== […]
