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 […]
Question: I would like to ask the industry how they manage US export documentation when the actual sold-to entity is intercompany, but the ship-to entity is the intercompany’s foreign customer. For example, a US company sells to their related party entity in Europe but ships to that related party entity’s customer in Kuwait. Currently, the […]
Question: Hello Compliance Community. I am looking to implement a process internally to create/document each of our suppliers MID and retain that MID for use in entry audits. I am looking for any guidance on how others currently manage MID’s within your organization. Inclusive of how you create and maintain the MID’s. Thank you! Answer […]
Question: We have been receiving pushback from a few vendors in China telling us that they cannot set up a shipment with an air carrier without our federal tax id number. We use a broker for clearance and in the past have never been asked to provide this information. These shipments contain chemicals that cannot […]
Question: As a global company, what trade and customs compliance policies and standards do you have in place? Answer 1: Good try, CBP/CBSA Answer 2: We have an ICP globally. Answered by: Sandra Auer – sandra.auer@medela.comTitle: Global Trade Compliace and Customs Manager, Company: Medela AG Answer 3: We have a customs compliance program that covers […]
Question: Hello All, Is anyone familiar with TIR Carnet and if the U.S. participates? If so, what/who is a good resource for information and direction. Thank you! Answer 1: Here is a good source of information on ATA Carnets. What is a Carnet? | ATA Carnet
