QUESTION: We are sometimes asked to ship our products (outdoor recreation) to an individual at a hotel here in the U.S. instead of sending directly to our distributor abroad. The person receiving the product then hand carries to final destination. What is our requirement for documentation in these instances? The commercial invoice is […]
QUESTION: Have the rules around international hand-carries changed? We’ve heard they’re no longer allowed. ************** Answers: No, this is still ongoing. But remember, there is not one single “rule” that applies everywhere. It depends on the countries involved and also the carrier restrictions. Think CBP and TSA for USA for example. As you well know […]
Question: This question relates to employees traveling and purchasing “inspiration” samples overseas. If they are properly mutilating those samples, but hand carrying them home in luggage, do we need a broker to meet them at the airport to enter their samples? I have heard different things, and Customs officials at the airports have given employees […]
Question: I need some advice on employees traveling out of the country with IT hardware for installs in their possession. We have a project in several Latin America countries, including Dominican Republic and Haiti. The engineer doing the install in these countries would like to take the equipment (Firewalls) with him on the plane to […]
Question: I am struggling to write a procedure on how our Company should handle items that are being carried back from China. I have to educate employees and do it fast. 1) This includes: Prototypes, Samples , Parts samples & for production or resale Samples coming back can vary from a fabric sample to an […]
We have a developer who wants to hand carry some software development equipment on the plane to Shanghai, China. He is asking what documentation he needs for Chinese Customs to avoid any problems. Can someone please help with this question?
My question concerns training materials that are hand-carried by instructors in their luggage as they move from country-to-country. The items in question are a three-ring binder, books, a DVD, and a computer disk, all of which are commercially purchased from external sources, and all of which are owned by the company. The materials are decidedly […]
I would like to know how other members handle the import and export of samples by individuals in their company? These items are often of low value, but can cause both an import and export risk. Do companies prohibit the hand-carrying of business items? Are employees required to obtain an invoice or other statement of […]
Hi, I am wondering if anyone will be willing to share their policies and procedures for hand-carries and engineers traveling with the tools-of-the-trade.
Does any ICPA member have a format for a commercial invoice for use by travelers for international handcarries (in or out of the US or between other countries) that they can share?
Does anyone have any good violation stories relating to hand carries? I am presenting to my engineers this week and they love this stuff. Their favorite word is “smuggling”. If you work with a bunch of engineers, you understand their weird sense of humor.
We periodically have the need to support the hand carry of products used for either customer samples or a customer demo. These are our own manufactured products, so we have the ECCN and HTS; we also provide the traveler with export invoices and assist with the import clearance at the destination country. But we have […]
