Question: There are 2 Scenarios for this question. Q. What responsibility and liability does the Ultimate Consignee (and purchaser) have for information transmitted when entry was filed where the express carrier filed as Import of Record? Scenario 1 – the common carrier does not have a POA on file for the Ultimate Consignee (and purchaser), […]
Question: Hi everyone. I need some help. We are planning on using 1 contract manufacturer in the US who then ships it to Switzerland to our 2nd contract manufacturer for further processing. After, it will ship from Switzerland to Germany to a 3rd contract manufacturer for Drug Product manufacturing. The entire time it is the […]
Question: I started with a new company. The company I work for has 2 entities (The Drug Company & The Medical Device Company). Each entity has their own IRS number. I have been informed that each entity has the same amount of imports, so figure 50/50. However, after review of the entries I see that […]
Question: We purchased a company and we need to set up a new IOR. Does anyone have any suggestions for next steps in the process as it relates to US Customs, customs brokers, freight forwarders, ACE, ACH etc? Answer 1: Your current customs brokers can be used but will need a new POA signed by […]
Question: In recent conversations within my company about launching a new product in several countries where we do not have a tax ID/IOR/EORI number, one of the logistics personnel suggested using a 3rd party IOR/EOR service provider who claims to be able to act as the IOR on our behalf where we don’t have this […]
Question: US company A buys goods from US company B incoterms FOB. US Company B sources goods from supplier in China and supplier in China direct ships to US Company A. US Company A pays for freight forwarding costs and duties upon import as the importer of record at the cost they paid for the […]
QUESTION: I anticipate a company name change in the next few weeks, along with a change from “Inc” to “LLC”. Is a hard copy 5106 required by CBP? Can the surety provide it to CBP with their rider to update the bond? What is the timeline from CBP receipt of the 5106 to complete the […]
QUESTION: I would like to know if there are benefits for a foreign company who is currently a FIOR to apply to become a US IOR and having a US tax id number. US Customs/ Entry team members/CEE has asked me to suggest this to my foreign company. I have been advised that there are […]
QUESTION: In the past we were told that IOR on Form 7501 is public information and Ultimate consignee is not. Can someone confirm if this is still available ? The goal is to keep the product we buy out of competitors eyes so they would not be able to see who the ultimate consignee is […]
QUESTION: Customer A is requesting to take over ownership from Vendor B’s supplier and be the IOR. Vendor B needs to provide commercial invoice to supplier to make sure Customer A does not see pricing between Vendor B and their supplier. What parties should be listed on the Commercial Invoice? For instance do I need […]
QUESTION: We ship both owned and non-owned goods into foreign countries to warehouse locations or end-users. We are the EOR and we hire an agent to act as IOR since the warehouse doesn’t have an import license and the end-users do not want to act as IOR. In this situation, the agents use their own […]
QUESTION: I would like to ask the community if there’s a best practice regarding visibility to your Importer of Record number. Do you treat it as sensitive information and keep it confidential from the supplier/factories you import from. For example, ISF form templates normally require IOR number for the importer, but should that be completed […]
