QUESTION: One of our divisions wants to attach a GPS unit on freight leaving MX, destined to the US and Canada, and have the consignee return the GPS unit back to MX. We would provide an export invoice and courier pouch for the return. The purpose of the GPS unit is strictly for tracking purposes. […]
QUESTION: We have a customer in Germany requesting a GSP Certificate of Origin Form A for goods we sold them of Vietnamese origin. I know that the US does not have Vietnam listed as a beneficiary country but the EU does. From my research, it seems legitimate that they can claim such preference on […]
QUESTION: Has anyone been involved with a compelling trade related Lean/Six Sigma project that catalyzed significant change within your company? What was the topic? ========== Answers: We’ve done two LSS projects for our Global Trade team. The first was a kaizen event to develop a new process for manual invoices for imports and exports (for […]
QUESTION: Do any members have any basic instructions or examples of building apost-entry audit database using MS Access? I would like to automate our entry auditing and reporting process and haveseen this referenced in various materials as a best practice but am notsure how to get started. ========== Answers: a few basic construction ideas 1- start with […]
QUESTION: We have a foreign subsidiary that will be closing , and transferring all items to one of our US locations. Mix of items, hardware, mfg items, etc, is there a provision or process that can allow this to import under one HTS or do the items need to be listed out, value, origin, HTS […]
QUESTION: We make certain steel parts in the US which we then sell to our “sister” company in Mexico for some action: heat treating, drilling holes, washing and checking services, etc. Our sister company then sells us the part back to us after they have finished their service action. Due to the fact that the […]
QUESTION: I interpret this as CBP 3311 form is required for US returned goods valued less than $10,000, and as per 10.1 (a) no need to have the importer’s and foreign shipper’s declarations. We have disagreement with the broker/carrier as they say all USRG must have the two declarations, while we believe CBP 3311 form would […]
QUESTION: Can a service provider have an HTS Classification team outside the United States for products which will be imported into the US? Does CBP have any restrictions to it? ====================== Answers: Yes. CBP does not care. As long as no customs business is conducted. Must always be reviewed and approved in US. ================== Yes […]
QUESTION: Can someone confirm who and how an I.T. bond is “arrived” at a FTZ location? We have filed our CBP214 with the I.T. information but we are not getting a release. This is our error message INBONDS PENDING ARRIVAL The trucking company is telling me what we at the FTZ have to arrive his […]
QUESTION: Checking with the membership to get information about the substantiation you have in hand (to give to FTC if questioned) in support a “Made in USA” marking. What supporting documentation do you require of suppliers in order for their goods to be considered “virtually all” produced in the US? If a member has been […]
QUESTION: I received a CF28 from Customs asking me to provide supporting documentation for my broker’s claim of GSP on one of the items in a shipment from India. I submitted to CBP both an invoice and packing list from the Indian company which clearly indicated goods had a “country of origin India.” Only one […]
QUESTION: We are reviewing 19CFR Part 10 to ensure we are in compliance with document requirements specifically to the Foreign Shippers Declaration Example: goods imported into Canada by our customer, and either rejected or returned from their facility or port of entry… We need clarity on the Foreign Shipper and party responsible for completing the […]
