Miscellaneous

MISCELLANEOUS

  • CFR 10.1 AND CF 3311 and USGR

    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 […]

  • HTS TEAM LOCATION

    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 […]

  • I.T. ARRIVAL AT FTZ

    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 […]

  • FTC MADE IN AMERICA QUERY

    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 […]

  • CF28 AND GSP CLAIM IN ERROR

    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 […]

  • 9801 DOCUMENTATION

    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 […]

  • MANIFEST DATA FOR PRICING

    QUESTION: Is there a database I can search for prices of products or commodities drawn from either bills of lading or ship’s manifests.  I seem to remember there was one, but I don’t know if I mis-remembered it or not. ========== Answers: No, not with pricing. Actual OceanAMS manifest data is available from CBP. And […]

  • RETURNED SAMPLES AND FDA

    QUESTION: We often have situations where we send samples that are FDA regulated to CA. Sometimes, these shipments are refused by the consignee and the courier will return them to us.  The courier claims that since it is a refusal and never left the courier’s possession (even though I believe it made entry by the […]

  • DDTC / BIS IMPACT FOR FOREIGN EMPLOYEE

    QUESTION: My company currently has authorization from both DDTC and BIS to support the export of Technical Data/Technology to a Foreign Person Employee.  If that Foreign Person Employee continues to have access to the same Technical Data/Technology authorized, but is ONLY changing positions, is there a need to notify both DDTC and BIS and amend/update […]

  • RPS FALSE POSITIVES PROCESS

    QUESTION: I work for a small 3PL (auto parts)  and we started to screen the customer who is the shipper/distributor and the customer’s ship to party.  Basically screening shipper and consignee.  There is a process and procedure in place and the screening is automated.  I doubt it very much that we will ever get a […]

  • P.O. CLAUSES INCLUDE TRADE COMPLIANCE

    QUESTION: Does anyone from the community want to share example of Terms and Condition for PO that include sections related to trade compliance? ========== The attachment has the clauses we include for our terms and conditions as a buyer and a seller. http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Terms-and-Conditions-Clauses-for-Global-Trade-1.docx ========== Here is the trade compliance section from our general sales terms […]

  • VALUE FOR FOREIGN NATIONALS LICENSE APPS

    QUESTION: How do companies assign value to technical data/technology on license applications for foreign nationals for both ITAR/EAR. Please provide detail process or methodology if possible.  I would like to know if there is an industry standard or regulatory reference on the best method. ========== Answer: $1 for BIS licenses. ========= Addl Answer: Value should […]