Question: Are other members seeing an increase in US Vendors push the IOR responsibilities off on their US customers? We buy from US vendors in drop-ship scenarios where the foreign company ships direct to our facility, but we pay the US vendor for the product. With the tariff landscape, vendors are saying that we must […]
Question: Is it possible to request a foreign shipper be flagged by US Customs and/or the ocean carrier? We received arrival notices from the carrier for shipments we did not authorize. We know of the shipper, but there is no purchase contract nor any documentation citing a wish to purchase. Shipper did this to us […]
Question: Is it possible to request a foreign shipper be flagged by US Customs and/or the ocean carrier? We received arrival notices from the carrier for shipments we did not authorize. We know of the shipper, but there is no purchase contract nor any documentation citing a wish to purchase. Shipper did this to us […]
Question: We have taken over some containers that have already arrived into port from a company that filed bankruptcy after the containers have shipped. We had the consignee name changed to our company and cleared Customs. The problem now is demurrage has gone so high that management wants to abandon the containers. Now that our […]
Question: We are a Customs broker trying our best to vet new importer clients to insure they are legitimate and compliant. The BKIP program, specifically the questionnaire which was encouraged years ago by the NCBFAA was an excellent tool. Question: Does CBP recognize a BKIP importer or was that just an experimental process that never […]
Question: Recently there was an import where the invoice showed my company as the consignee. but sold to a USA vendor. So I asked for a copy of PO. The PO shows my company placing an order with a USA vendor (domestic transaction). I am guessing the USA vendor did not have inventory so the […]
Question: Hi Membership! I have a client that is exploring becoming the IOR rather than paying for the service and I have a few questions regarding the process required to become an IOR. What are the steps to become an IOR? I have Customs Form 5106 and the Customs Bond Form 301, are these the […]
Question: Hello. One of our factories has sent us the (IOR) a notice in Vietnamese from their Tax department requesting that we provide them with proof of import into the US; asking for the import declaration and supporting documents. Which I would think would be the 7501. I am somewhat hesitant to share the 7501 […]
Question: We have a few different divisions that have their own IOR. Question is this: if our PO to our suplier is under, let’s say 123 division; then when supplier sends and we import; could we import under 456 division and using that IOR ? I am think yes; as long as the paper trail […]
Question: Buyer USA purchases goods from a Seller USA. Seller USA then supplies the goods ex-Mexico to the USA. At the time of import, Seller USA is the Importer of Record (IOR), but Buyer USA can also be the IOR due to their financial interest in the shipment. Recently, the supply chain informed us that […]
Question: Our Canadian sister company would like to ship a a Japanese origin part back to a US vendor for repair. The US vendor who shipped the Japanese origin part to Canada and that is to repair the part has requested the part be returned under DDP terms as they do not wish to be […]
Question: Hello ICPA Members: I work for a company where we have 1 IOR IRS number. Recently my company purchased another company. I am hearing that the 2 companies who import and use their own IRS numbers, will merge into 1 IOR IRS number. To make it easier for myself to differential who is importing, […]
