Question: We manufacture clamps from US sourced steel, but the manufacturing process takes place in Mexico by a Maquiladora. Would those products be eligible for Buy America Act? Answer 1: Buy America has a clause for FTAs. However you need to find the BA Act rule to verify if I recall correctly.
Question: Are there any self-filers in the group who use third-party couriers strictly for transportation while handling their own entry filings? I’m interested in understanding how common this approach is and whether others have had success with this process. Answer 1: I do this process, but I’ve had some difficulty consistently getting the entries turned […]
Question: Colombian Customs created a new Plastic Tax to minimize plastic use, according to Resolution 000005 dated February 9, 2026, our customer must declare to customs the weight of single use plastic on their imports.Our cusotmer is also requesting that we fill out a Certification Letter declaring the weight for each delivery we made to […]
Question: I’ve been tracking my own broker continuing education on a spreadsheet. Is there a CBP portal where I can enter it as I go? Answer 1: There is no portal for you to enter as you go. Some people are using NEI for tracking their credits which is free. I use a spreadsheet and […]
Question: We have an item we ship out of VN. And when the COO was issued, we were told that VN would not issue the COO with the tariff we believe is the correct tariff. They would only issue it with the tariff they believe is right. That seems extremely odd to me. VN not […]
Question: We have a company that is merging in ours. They will now by using IOR as one company going forward. My question is what happens to that merging company’s prior Customs entries? Who is responsible if Customs were to do an audit on entries from that company prior to merging with us? How’s does […]
Question: An associate in another country ordered a product via an ecommerce platform and for some reason shipped the product to company HQ in the US. The product ordered is a personal good. If another employee is traveling to the country that the employee that ordered the product resides on company business, can the traveling […]
Question: I am importing some goods from India and need to better understand when 9903.02.26 is applied and when 9903.01.84 is applied. Can anyone help?Thank you! Answer 1: 9903.02.26 Except for goods loaded onto a vessel at the port of loading and in transit on the final mode of transit before 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight […]
Question: To send computer gaming graphics card to Saudi Arabia or Jordan required a product certificate. What is the reason for this requirement and what is the benefit to the country? Answer 1: Even if a gaming computer graphics card feels innocuous on the surface, there are many additional areas in which these items can […]
Question: Do other members of the community find that every so often they need to defend the necessity of the work the Trade Compliance team does? I have gone up to bat a few times to explain all of the things we do from core Trade Compliance activities (e.g., classification, valuation, RPS, auditing, Recon, Drawback […]
Question: We are setting up a warehouse in the Netherlands for distribution of aerospace parts to service centers. Although in my former role of consultant, I have helped others set up warehouses in the EU on three different occasions but did not know how much there was to coordinate inside a company like ours. For […]
Question: Maintaining the Certified Customs Specialist designation requires 20 credits per year. The NBFAA/NEI Logistics EI case studies have always been worth 6 credits per case study. This year the credits have dropped to only 2 credits. I recently took the Enforce and Protect Act Case Study which was 20 pages of study material and […]
