Question: Is there an equivalent process to a customs ruling request that I can deploy to Commerce to get an answer on who the exporter of record should be for a given scenario? I keep getting mixed answers from a variety of credible sources and the more I dig into this, the more I realize […]
Question: We are shipping products to Australia that contain wood, for example wooden bowls (including some that may be food contact), folding chairs with wooden frames, jewelry boxes, etc. We are being told that import restrictions into Australia for items containing wood are very strict, and such products will require fumigation in order to […]
Question: Our company exports to Argentina and Venezuela. Our affiliates in Argentina and Venezuela process the import license applications. For the import license applications, we are required to provide them a pro-forma invoice with a breakdown of the FOB Value, Freight, and total CPT Value. Can someone from the membership with AR and VE imports […]
Question: There are several risk mitigation reviews taking place in my organization. I was tasked to look at our export process for information exchange. For example: We are a US company and have servers in Penang, Malaysia and Toronto, Canada, that store US EAR export controlled data. The owners of the data most of the […]
Question: Was curious if the following scenario is considered an “export”. 1. U.S. Citizen works full time in our Maquila operation in MX. 2. U.S. location has a customer drawing subject to the EAR (pending ECCN from customer). 3. U.S. location must allow U.S. Citizen in MX to review the drawing to determine if the […]
Question: Article 7.7 ( Express Shipments ) of the Korean-US Free Trade Agreement states that “{ ..} no customs duties or taxes will be assessed on, nor will formal entry documents be required for, express shipments valued at 200 U.S. dollars or less.” This section, however, does not clarify if this applies to only products […]
Question: Anyone know what type of export control regime is in place in Australia? We acquired a company in Australia that we are integrating into our global compliance program. We’ve learned that there is a version of an HTS code that must be declared on their version of an export declaration. We’ve […]
Question: I’m looking to the membership’s expertise to confirm this. Is a License Exception required for each Reason for Control in order to avoid having to apply for an export license? Example if an item is controlled for NS, AT, and EI reasons, does the exporter have to find a license […]
Question: Does anyone have experience in shipments to Egypt ? according customer we should provide our cartons / products with Arabic written labels, including importer name, name of the item and the origin of each item. It seems to be an official instruction of the Egyptian customs. Are […]
Question: We ship kits called Service Bulletins used to modify a section of an civil business-type aircraft. The kit is imported as a kit and may comprise several different parts. The import classification is based on the “essential character” of the kit which would be the most important item in […]
Question: What are the U.S. Export requirements for the marking of product and/or containers? Is country of origin labeling required when exporting from the U.S. Is there a certain regulation within the EAR that sites this? ===========
Question: For those of you who use freight forwarders to file your EEI, how do you provide / recommend to provide the required data elements to the forwarder? I’m specifically thinking about HTS/Schedule B classifications and origin – these aren’t standard fields on our invoices. Do you use a different approach for standard vs. […]
