Question: Our company offers online and instructor-led courses and we are looking for guidance on classifying those courses for export. The subjects of our courses involve the operation of various types of sophisticated IT software and IT hardware (networking, servers, etc). The audience for our courses are software engineers or IT technicians. Some of […]
Question: I’m trying to determine if a BIS license must be filed with CBP the port of export or whether it can be filed with any port nationwide. What is the requirement? Additionally, is it documented in 15 or 19 CFR? ******************** Answers: Are you mistaking BIS with DDTC (who used to require “lodging” of […]
Question: Just wondering if anyone is using the new Exporter Reporting out of ACE? We have been trying to get this set up, but just wondering if anyone has had trouble running the reports after set up, are they useful, etc. ========== Answers: We have run all three reports available to the industry and we […]
Question: We have a situation – foreign customer in country A ordered goods from US subsidiary and US subsidiary ordered from foreign subsidiary in country B and goods drop ship from the manufacture in country B to custom in country A. The export classification for the product to customer’s country A subject to export […]
Question: It’s an export shipment from U.S. to Pakistan. If the transaction value (fair market value) should be $10,000.00, and we provide 75% discount for customer and the selling price is $2,500.00, which value $10,000.00 or $2,500.00 should be listed on export documents (Commercial Invoice) for customer? Can we use $2500 for customer […]
Question: We are a manufacturing company that has both domestic and international customers. Some domestic customers are asking us to provide the HTS and ECCN for our entire product line. We have given these on a case- by- case basis, with an appropriate disclosure that the information provided is based on our knowledge, but it […]
Question: Can a product that qualifies for NAFTA (Made in US): be shipped to Holland, enter commerce of Holland and sit on inventory shelf for one year, not opened/not advanced in value, be returned to US, enter commerce of US and then shipped to MX and qualify for NAFTA? ————————————— ANSWERS: No, it has […]
Question: We have a shipment that being shipped by truck to Mexico. The goods are under $2500 (NLR) so there is no AES filing. We are told that we need a US broker to “clear” the shipment on the US side. Would one of the members be able to explain why we need a US […]
Question: I would like to ask the membership how they handle imports that are marked as “import for export” and are subject to FDA. We traditionally have long clearance times on this type of import. Is there any type of paperwork we could provide ahead of time or at time of clearance? Or, are […]
Question: We are considering selling / shipping food additives made in our foreign subsidiary’s plant to Iran using an OFAC general license for agricultural commodities. To meet the definition of “food,” in the following section below, do “food additives” have to provide “nutrition” to humans in Iran to meet the definition in 31 CFR 561.327? […]
Question: I am being asked to provide an Export Trade Control Order (Japanese regulation) certificate for a certain product. While I’m able to find information online about the Japanese Export Trade Control Order, I’m unable to find any information related to a certificate pertaining to this order. I’m also unable to find any examples. The […]
Question: Imported products with quality issues are returned to vendor where the vendor appoints a forwarder to act as U.S. agent. The term of the return is FOB U.S. port and product is EAR99. What is the best practice for importer (USPPI)? Who files AES? Who is the shipper on B/L (USPPI, FPPI or forwarder)? […]
