QUESTION: I am in the process of shopping for freight forwarders/customs broker. I would like your guidance on how to screen or audit prospective freight forwarders/customs brokers with regard to FCPA at high risk countries. ======================= ANSWERS: When I conducted an RFP last year, we evaluated participants on FCPA compliance based on their use of […]
QUESTION: Have been hearing that ITRAC data will be going away and not be available after this year. Can anyone share information they have on the status of obtaining ITRAC? We still get it each year, since ACE data has not always been reliable. ================= ANSWERS: It has been advised that the data will be […]
QUESTION: We have received an informed compliance letter from CBP. The letter is a form letter, extremely similar to what has been published in numerous newsletters. We have spoken with multiple outside counsel firms, at least at a high level, and have received different advice. We are wondering what other folks who have received the […]
QUESTION: We are hearing from our customers that China customs is requiring deposits prior to clearing containers for import. Some customers are asking us to pay these costs and saying they will reimburse us if/when they get refunded by China Customs. If we strictly enforce CIF Incoterms then we would tell our customers that they […]
QUESTION: Can one of the members advise on the process of how to apply for a commodity to qualify for chapter 99 status? ================== ANSWERS: Go to ITC Web page and type in MTV in the search box. =================== Google MTB or Miscellaneous Tariff Bill.
QUESTION: US company A purchases from a unrelated US company B. Company B places order with 3rd party foreign vendor. Foreign vendor ships to US Company A and Company A is IOR. BOL shows US company A as consignee and foreign vendor as shipper. Company B then issues an invoice to Company A and Company […]
QUESTION: Our chemical company is buying some chemicals from a company in Spain and needs to send these IBC tanks, known as liquid- totes, reusable liquid tanks of varying size, starting at 350 gallons capacity. (From here on I will refer to these as Totes). We will ship the empty Totes to Spanish vendor door […]
QUESTION: In reading the statement below it seems like BKIP may be a first step compliance program for an importer. Is it safe to assume that if an importer is part of ISA (or has applied and waiting for approval) there would be no need to apply for BKIP? What about if you are C-TPAT […]
QUESTION: On July 28th 2016, AES began decrementing the BIS license value and will sometimes return some Informational Messages to the filer. One of those messages states €œthat the allowable shipping tolerance (10% over BIS license value) has been exceeded by the current filing.€ We find it strange that we have never heard of a […]
QUESTION: Under §162.65 it states Penalties for failure to manifest narcotic drugs or marihuana. Marihuana? What is the difference between Marihuana and Marijuana? Under §162.66 what is the penalty for ‘unlading’ Marijuana? Is it acceptable in Tacoma or Seattle or Denver since it is not directly mentioned in 19 CFR to bring in Marijuana? We […]
QUESTION: We have a customer in the Middle East who requires both a commercial invoice and certificate of origin to be attested by the chamber of commerce in the country of origin of the product. The product is ordered through our US office, who in turn places an order with an unrelated supplier in China. […]
QUESTION: Has anyone in the membership been asked to give their import purchase prices to the US Labor Department? Our company is being asked to provide the import price on a monthly basis for products imported certain tariff numbers. The Labor Dept provided the tariff codes (which leads me to believe they got access to […]
