Question: I am looking for some best practices from those in similar situations. We are a US based company exporting to our wholly owned subsidiary office in Shanghai. We have about 30 products in our product line in which the Chinese HTS code differs dramatically from the US code. These differences are at the chapter […]
Question: We recently made a shipment of product to a Turkish Firm located in Istanbul. The product was held in Turkish Customs and we were then notified by the Customer that Turkish Customs was requesting an additional Tax Liability to be paid by the Turkish Customer. The Turkish Customer indicated that this “New” Liability is […]
Question: Our company is importing radios installed in our vehicles with potentially outdated software…in an effort to provide the most up to date software, we will offer vehicle purchasers in the US an opportunity to log onto a web-based site to upgrade the SD card up to three times as needed. As a result, we […]
Question: An item is imported into the US, the declared value to CBP is $110 ($100 for the cost of the item plus $10 for the assist value). The item breaks and gets exported from the US to the non-US supplier for repair. The item gets repaired at the non-US location at a cost of […]
Question: We are a retail corporation importing goods into various countries and looking to create a global trade management program. Importing regions include US, Germany & Japan Does anyone have a list of questions that headquarters could ask the regional offices to gain insight on their volume activity and processes? ********* Answers: This is going […]
Question: Can people share best practice for determining which senior officers to list in block 7 of the DDTC registration form. I am interested to hear if organizations list all senior officers of the parent company or some subset and if it is a subset the rationale for doing so. ************ Answers: Your Company Legal […]
Question: Our compliance team has received questions on where in the business the creating of commercial invoices and packing lists should be positioned. As our business grows this has become unclear. No one wants to claim responsibility for the actual generating of the docs. Traditionally it has been a supply chain function, but currently is […]
Question: We are a Known Shipper per the TSA KSMS and recently want to add one of our locations as a Known Shipper also. Can anyone provide the steps and process to obtain this status? ************* ANSWERS: Attention to the moderator of the messages – please, please do not allow any information to be disclosed […]
Question: Can any of the members provide a copy of rulings 544194 and 542519? They are not available in CROSS. Thanks! *********** Answers: Doc No: HQ 544194 Title: Title not found Fuglei Added ruling, exclusively from CUSTOMS Info HQ 544194 MAY 23, 1988 CATEGORY: Valuation FILE: CLA-2 CO:R:CV:V 544194 EK HQ 544194 TO : All […]
Question: I’m just wondering if any of the members have encountered foreign governments insisting that their products are classified using different tariff numbers than the U.S., making the HTS anything but harmonized? For example, we manufacture Integrated Circuits which have always been classified as 8542. We have a new product that we applied for a […]
Question: Exporter shipped his household goods in a 40’ container to the UK. The shipment consisted of household goods, an auto, and lots of tools in padlocked toolboxes. Customs inspected the container prior to export (due to the vehicle). The container arrived at the CES with the shipper’s seal intact. There were several large padlocked […]
Question: I would like to ask the membership on how they overcome challenges in explaining US regulatory requirements to suppliers – e.g. Blocking & Bracing, UN Marking on Drums, content and format of labels, etc. Often time suppliers believe that these requirements are purely “our” requirements or “our” interpretation of the rules and often tell […]
