Question: What exactly is a TAA and how do we go about applying for TAA for the company in Switzerland that owns the company I am employed with? ========== Answers: A TAA can be daunting if you’ve never done one (but they’re really not hard) but you can find all the information on them at: […]
Question: I have a concern a about a possible Deemed Export situation. We recently had a foreign national visit . He was trained to operate a medical equipment system that contained a software function. When the foreign national returns to his country he will train others and show them how to use the equipment. Would […]
Question: Is there any legal implication for generating a US export invoice by a staff member in Mexico for a shipment being exported out of the US? I am considering moving export invoice generation activities from our corporate office down to the IMMEX operation for all US Exports. The staff is very accurate and fast. […]
Question: I would like to know of any “horror” stories from other members involved in sending samples of products around the world? Specifically, have any members had their company send samples with random, low values and it’s been discovered by the Customs authorities and caused a lot of heart ache for the compliance team or […]
Question: Has anyone else been told by their freight forwarder that there are 2 new forms required on all shipments to Russia, no matter what you are sending? 1 Blanket statement entitled “Customer Statement on Trade Compliance” – stating we are complying with the Sanctions laws 2. A form that must be filled out for […]
Question: If you sell through foreign distributors that primarily use the same forwarder each time on a routed shipment, can you verify the POA once or (yearly) or do you have to do it on each transaction? ========== Answers: Once you have a copy of the POA or WA check to see if there is […]
Question: My company (U.S.-based) is building an e-commerce website for a wholly-owned non-U.S. subsidiary. This sub sells a software product to individual, commercial, and university users. We offer a free demo version that expires after a 30-day trial period. The user can then purchase a permanent version that is unlocked with a license key. The […]
Question: Who is the Carrier SCAC/IATA for EEI filing purposes when the air carrier the freight forwarder booked with charters another airline to export the cargo due to lack of capacity? Is it the original air carrier the freight forwarder booked with or is it the chartered carrier? The chartered airline’s IATA is being put […]
Question: Scenario: we ship to China & apply FORM E at customers’ requests. Invoice value/selling price (for example) : $10,000 Delivery term on customs invoice: CIF, Shenzhen Question: what is the value to be indicated in box #9 in FORM E as it says …and value (FOB) Current practice is we indicate the same $10,000 […]
Question: For the following scenario, when would the US HTS and US ECCN need to be declared. A non US customer orders a “virtual programmed credential”. This credential, or virtual smart card, is not physically shipped from the U.S. plant. It appears on the invoice to a non US Customer with other physical and tangible […]
Question: I have come to find that the company has a practice of adding 25% to the freight charges on export sales / shipments, when the shipments are under “prepay and add” (incoterms DAP, CPT, CFR). I have also found that the company practice is not to simply ensure they are fully capturing all freight […]
Question: Say I export my product (EAR99) to Germany. At this point I file AES with NLR. A couple of months go by and learn that that product is going to a sanctioned country where an export license is required. If I knew that the product was going to be on-forwarded to a sanction country […]
