Question: We had ordered 2 shipments of catalogs back in August of 2015. We received one of the shipments…. the other according to the carrier was not actually shipped and was infact a duplicate BOL. Our purchasing department comes to me asking for written evidence from the forwarder that this shipment was never made […]
Question: We ship to unrelated parties domestically outside our ERP system (where SPL screening is automatic) and would like to identify best practice. Do ICPA member companies conduct SPL screening for domestic (US to US) shipments? ========== Answers: Yes. There are US entities (companies, individuals) listed on the Denied Persons Lists and other lists and […]
Question: I’m curious as to what kind of value the membership who has experience with hiring decisions would put on an Export Compliance Manager who is also a LCB. In my current job I am squarely in managing exports with perhaps a few tasks that bleed into imports. I’m fairly sure that getting my broker’s […]
Question: We requested and received approval for manifest confidentiality for imports and exports from CBP but noticed that some of the current information is still available if you do a search of the web on the company name. It occurred to us that even if we have confidentiality through CBP other countries may allow the […]
Question: The question I have is in doing an affidavit for US goods returned. Usually I list the details on the specific export (e.g. exported through Port of Los Angeles on such-and-such a date), but I may not have all of those details on some of this return due to the age of the […]
Question: I`m looking to see if anyone can share how exactly they would handle the general ledger chart of accounts review with their finance team. I would like to document this process for accounting team as a part of reconciliation process SOP, so that they know what kind of payments should be reported to customs […]
Question: We need help understanding the requirements of Chapter 84, note 5. In pertinent part, the note reads (A) For the purposes of heading 8471, the expression “automatic data processing machines” means machines capable of…. (ii) Being freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user; We have what we would consider […]
Question: One of our domestic US customers wants to pick up and transit their order from our foreign manufacturer. What incoterms have to be used ? What are the pitfalls and documentation concerns should one have ? Can they use our domestic billing invoice for US Customs clearance and what are the valuation requirements. […]
Question: Our company offers online and instructor-led courses and we are looking for guidance on classifying those courses for export. The subjects of our courses involve the operation of various types of sophisticated IT software and IT hardware (networking, servers, etc). The audience for our courses are software engineers or IT technicians. Some of […]
Question: I’m trying to determine if a BIS license must be filed with CBP the port of export or whether it can be filed with any port nationwide. What is the requirement? Additionally, is it documented in 15 or 19 CFR? ******************** Answers: Are you mistaking BIS with DDTC (who used to require “lodging” of […]
Question: ECCN 5A992.c states, “Commodities that BIS has received an encryption registration or that have been classified as mass market encryption commodities in accordance with §742.15(b) of the EAR.” What does the first part of this (“BIS has received an encryption registration”) actually mean? That is, only companies themselves, and not products, can be registered […]
Question: I am looking for some back up as to why a company should not pay the duty directly to broker, on an import shipment that they are not purchasing, not acting as IOR, nor Ultimate consignee. I have fellow employees that think we should pay the duty and bill the end user on an […]
