Question: I work for a company that makes proprietary software (of US ORIGIN), but this proprietary software runs under an open source operating system. In order to satisfy open source software license requirements, we must make available the source code for the operating system. The open source operating system contains many thousands of subroutines, written […]
Question: Our Sales force is required to screen all new leads, contacts, companies,visitors, and contractorsagainst over 100 lists. The software is great, but what I am being told it that for some culturesthe customer will not provide a first or full name. It is initials B.BXXXX or SSS. A.J for example. The software uses fuzzy logic which […]
Question: We have one U.S. goods return from Canada. It’s an used and expensive machine, originally made in U.S. The country of origin is U.S. But we purchased a while ago and can not locate the original paper work. So it’s difficult to ask for NAFTA or manufacturer’s affidavit from the manufacturer. In this situation, […]
Question: Has anyone successfully recently used the CBP 4455 certificate of registration for exports from the USA, in order to re-import them duty free? I haven’t used this tool in many years, wanted to make sure it is still viable ============= Answers: Yes, still useful with CBP at the southern border. ============= Yes, we still […]
Question: Would shipments to U.S. Embassy’s in foreign countries be considered domestic shipments or international shipments and therefore subject to the EAR ? ========== Answers: Assuming that these items are themselves normally subject to the jurisdiction of the EAR, these are most definitely exports subject to the EAR. Shipments to U.S. embassies overseas are exports […]
Question: Does anyone know if Israel prohibits imports from any specific countries? Can you provide a link to that list of it is available? I found a list of countries that require a license in order to sell to Israel, could not find prohibited countries. ANSWER: http://www.moital.gov.il/NR/exeres/B2034774-5A64-41CF-A837-B8A81073035D.htm
Question: Any suggestions or updates from the membership on how Trade Compliance managers should prepare their programs in light of the Trek Leather decision ? ========== Answers: I see Trek an opportunity for in-house compliance folks to hammer home the importance of compliance. You can use it with the C-suite and functional managers to reinforce […]
Question: I am hoping that the membership can advise on the following scenario. There are 3 companies: US Company 1 (US1) · Chinese Company related to US Company 1 · US Company 2 (US2) – raw material provider US1 will be issuing a purchase order for raw materials to be delivered to the Chinese company. […]
Question: Under 19 CFR 141.4 (c), undeliverable articles are exempt from entry as long as certain conditions are met, among them that ” the merchandise did not leave the custody of the carrier or foreign customs”. In instances of multi-mode transportation, where more than one carrier are handling the same shipment, how should this provision […]
Question: There was an obvious typo made by the courier upon entry. The entry summary lists the value at $126000. Throughout the rest of the documents the value is listed $12,600.00 Someone created a typo and we can’t get the courier to correct it. This caused a serious duty charge upon import, that our […]
Question: We import large electronic systems on FOB Basis. Part of the price paid or payable is a cost for a parts only warranty. We have a defected piece of equipment that needs to be replaced. Since we paid duty/tax on the warranty upon import of original system is there a way we can get […]
Question: There were no Customs Compliance people on board when an ERP was set up at my company, so one of the issues I face now is the lack of consistency/visibility to the country of origin of our finished products. One ERP material identification # can represent a finished product manufactured in one or all […]
