QUESTION: Does any member have any details pertaining to the 9801 provision change effective April 26, 2016 allowing foreign goods, previously entered into US duty paid, return within 3 years after export from US. Under 9801.00.10? ========== Here is the whole bill: See Section 904 https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/644/text#toc-HD7CB6DCB522548E7AD471E684FCC1605 ==========
Question: I am trying to find English versions of the text for Free Trade Agreements between Brazil and other South American countries. I want to determine the rules of origin, the countries involved, the duty rate if not free and any possible taxes that might be incurred shipping from Brazil. Would anyone in the membership […]
QUESTION: We have a customer that needs a certificate of Origin signed by the local chamber of commerce. The product we’re shipping them (footwear) is manufactured overseas and warehoused here in the US. Our local chamber of commerce here in the states doesn’t sign off on sourced products (makes sense). Our overseas factory can get […]
QUESTION: Please note that if you drop off a package for international shipment at an express courier they will say that a commercial invoice is required to prevent any delays when clearing customs. However I am not sure of what the requirements are for a commercial invoice for a shipment of documents. ============================= ANSWER: No […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have a reference guide for determining the value threshold for informal clearance by country? ========================= ANSWER: I just got this handy De Minimis chart from my friend. http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/De-Minimis-values-by-country.xls
QUESTION: There is an Entry # on my ACE report in which I do not have the documents. I contacted the broker and was told my company was not the IOR. Another company was the IOR and we were the Ultimate Consignee on the Entry. They would not forward a copy of the Entry to […]
QUESTION: -A shipment was sent to Brazil. The pallets were fumigated. However, it was discovered that the pallets were not marked as such. -The product was allowed entry into Brazil. However, the Brazil government is insisting that the pallets be returned to the U.S. -The Brazil government will not allow for the destruction/disposal of the […]
QUESTION: We are changing the address of our corporate headquarters due to the sale of our building. Can the membership advise what I need to file in order to update customs records? ************** Answers: File a 5106 with CBP. If you have an ACE portal account you can change the address yourself. ************* Reach out […]
QUESTION: Issue: A freight forwarder is using the company’s EIN in error. Do any of the members have an applicable template or example cease and desist letter that you can provide? ========== Addl Answers: Please also be aware that criminal organizations are using this now as a way to move cargo. A POA suddenly is […]
QUESTION: If you are manually screening a supplier at Creation, how long after should one do another screening when issuing a PO? I’m proposing, if it’s been 30 days since last screen, then another manual screening should be performed. At this point, we don’t have an automated way to screen POs, so I’m thinking if […]
Question: A US aerospace company contracts with an Indian engineering services company to perform should costing services using US supplied technical data and India supplied should costing software. India then returns the data to the US company along with the should costing results. Note that the data is not altered in any way – only […]
Question: Our products are currently marked “Made in USA with Globally sourced components”. Since this a very long and is required to be put on our parts by laser, we are looking to shorten the qualifier. I’m looking for example of qualifiers that would adhere to the FTC regulations, but perhaps be less characters. […]
