QUESTION: A US Company sells goods to a foreign company, which is a related party. The foreign company designates the Agent to file the US Export. The foreign party also designates the transportation to move the goods out of the US. This by definition is a Routed Export transaction, regardless of the companies being related […]
QUESTION: Back in January 2016 Census posted a notice (81 FR 1394) about a “Used Electronics Indicator” being required for exports of items dictated by Schedule B number. I have not seen any more releases about this and was wondering if the membership had any idea on when this will be implemented and has anyone […]
QUESTION: I’m curious how other companies handle export compliance in regards to the consolidated screening list? With half the parties on the list being from the US risk comes not only from international customers but domestic as well. What are the best practices for: Prioritizing customers? determining percentage of customer list to be checked? […]
QUESTION: I work for a material processor and I am looking for membership guidance regarding a 3rd party transaction. Questions: What, if anything, are company C’s responsibilities in this transaction with regard to export compliance, documentation, and EEI filing? Is it acceptable for the US division of company B to serve as the USPPI? Cast […]
QUESTION: I am a novice to ERP systems, and was wondering if the membership could advise on whether their SAP or other ERP systems assist or has the mechanism to notify of a block due to an article being controlled? Does an ERP system have this capability or would this be additional software or additional […]
QUESTION: We certain scenarios for routed transactions (where the customer is appointing the freight forwarder) we have problems getting the customer’s forwarder to provide us with the bill of lading created for the export. If it’s a routed transaction, do we need to obtain a copy of the bill of lading? ========== Answers: The […]
QUESTION: The General Export License for ZTE Corp expires on 2-27-17, I have not seen anything on what BIS plans to do with them. Will they extend the license or remove them from the Entity List? ========== Answers: The Temporary General Export License for ZTE has been extended to now expire on March 29. 2017. […]
QUESTION: For routed exported transactions (those shipments where our customer selects the freight forwarder), my company has had a past policy of filing the EEI and providing that info to customer’s forwarder. I feel that this a non-value add process. Our products are NLR and we don’t have duty drawback opportunity. With current […]
QUESTION: In regards to the revised destination control statement in effect November 2016, it is noted that the exporter must incorporate the statement as an integral part of the commercial invoice whenever items on the CCL or USML are shipped (i.e. exported in tangible form). My question pertains to intangible exports. We normally would […]
QUESTION: Once in a great while our export audit will uncover a shipment were no EEI was filed (usually routed, which we audit 100%). We request the authorized filer to immediately file EEI. The last 2 times the filer has insisted that ACE will not allow them to back-date the filing to the actual date […]
QUESTION: We are in the process of automating our denied party screening for exports. Our company regularly ships to Puerto Rico, which is technically not considered an export but does require EEI filing. Is real-time denied party screening required for exports to PR? Is there anything in the CFR or any supporting literature? ========== Answers: […]
QUESTION: I just completed and audit of transactions showing in my exporter ACE report AES-202. The routed transaction indicator states “N”, but the actual ITN document from the forwarder shows that it was filed as routed. Has anyone else experienced this problem and if so, what is the cause and the solution? ========== Answer: So […]
