Question: In a Routed Transaction, the USPPI [beneficiary] is obligated to provide certain data elements that will allow the FPPI [foreign buyer] or their designated freight forwarder to correctly file an EEI via AES. In our case, those elements are provided on our invoices and a Routed Transaction Shippers Letter of Instruction. This information is […]
Question: Is there anyone in the trade community that can advise if their export compliance program has went through an internal legal verification. I am in the process of developing an export compliance program for my company. The changes required to fully implement our program will be costly and time consuming. Prior to making […]
Question: If we have an export of two items that fall under the same US HTS# but are both of different origins, say hypothetically $1500 USD worth of TW goods and $1500 USD of US origin goods…. Would we have to : A) Not file an EEI because the values of both items are under 2500 […]
Question: We are looking for some input on how companies identify routed exports on Bills of Lading and/or Shippers Letters of Instruction. We are a manufacturer who has recently changed networks into Latin America. Now many customers are buying FCA or FOB to forwarders in Miami. These shipments are thus routed exports. Question is […]
************************************************************************* _____________________________________________________Question:I was wondering what kind of liability an exporter to country A has, if they know that the end product will be re-exported by their direct customer to Country B, as far as ensuring licensing is not needed (for the final destination). My understanding is that we have a responsibility to know what the […]
Question:Is anyone outsourcing the filing of the EEI’s? My company wants me to look at having an individual in another country (working 3rd shift their time) to file EEO’s for our shipments from the US? Thoughts? *****************************************************************
Question: I have looked through the Q&A library for comments about metrics/KPIs and noticed that many of the comments seem geared toward imports. I am in the process of developing the set of metrics to be reported to management on the export side and would love to seek input regarding the types of things being […]
Question: Are commercial invoices required for non tangible exports (electronic transfers of software licenses) to Latin American countries? How are members documenting that non-tangible items were exported electronically to a customer?
Question: Does anyone within the membership have written Accounting guidelines that indicate when a product is invoiced for export that it must also ship within the same month? I continue to have issues with our distribution centers receiving/releasing invoice orders and not shipping until following month. Is this just for Sales?
Question: We are a manufacturer and exporter. We sell our finished goods to U.S.SALES brokers that sell to companies in the Middle East. Our finished good do not require any licenses and are exported under EAR99 or NLR. Example #1 – we have been requested to sell FAS U.S. port, load the containers and pay […]
Question: The link to the BIS audit module within the EMS module appears to have disappeared. It was previously located at: http://www.bis.doc.gov/exportmanagementsystems/emsmod1.pdf. If it in fact it is gone, does the membership have any knowledge of specific BIS tools available to assist exporters to conduct internal audits. Also, we would be curious to know if […]
Question: My company leases tow motors for all our warehouses – we have a tow motor under contract that is not being used and management wants to send it to our Canadian warehouse where it will be utilized. Can leased items be shipped to Canada? I seem to believe that Mexico will not allow this […]
