Question: I am the Director of Import Compliance for the Company I am employed by. I am listed as the company officer on ACE as well as for all Customs entry filings, C-TPAT, anything Customs related. Is it a good idea for me to have a POA on file from the company giving me the […]
Question: Our broker advises us that some of our HTS codes will be invalid on Jan 02nd. Have changes for 2015 been published anywhere ? I’ve looked around and can’t find any changes indicated anywhere, thanks. **************** Answers: Here are Canada’s: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn14-032-eng.html. Darrel Pearson Sr Partner and Co Chair, International Trade & Investment […]
Question: When we perform audits of our US entries and the documentation we keep a checklist in an electronic database. We also print the completed audit checklists so that they can be signed off by the Compliance Manager. I recently viewed a webinar that suggested that we should not have a paper copy of an […]
Question: We paid for a mold to our US Supplier who then manufactured the new design of our product and the product will ship from China. The billing invoice from the supplier shows a sales tax, do I need to include or possibly exclude the sales tax when declaring the assist on the Customs Entry? […]
Question: We are a small telecom/networking company in CA. I am coordinating a shipment to Russia. Incoterm is EXW. The ultimate consignee in Russia is routing the goods through The Netherlands, then on-forwarding them to Russia. I asked if they are shipping into a bonded warehouse in NL, they said yes. I asked what entity […]
Question: I believe that if a forwarder , etc., hires a broker to do a clearance for you they are required to put a copy of the original broker billing with their billing to you – per the Customs Regulations. How about an informal entry (not an express courier) where the outsourced broker makes themselves […]
Question: Could we, as a US company, submit a CCATS ruling on behalf of another (foreign) entity? We need ECCN classification for software from a small German vendor who is clueless about US export controls. We’re unwilling to classify the software ourselves b/c of potential controls, but we wouldn’t mind assisting with a CCATS application. […]
Question: I’m building a presentation for management where I’m looking to include a ‘fear factor’ slide showing other company’s fines, penalties, etc., for mismanagement or little / no management over the import process. Seems like export cases are well published, any published / publicly available import cases that I could reference ? Names not necessary, […]
Question: Hoping someone can provide some guidance to the following questions regarding Hazmat / Dangerous Goods materials/shipping? 1) I have heard in the past that any physical warehouse containing Hazmat/DG must have all of this material physically separated from the rest of the inventory. Can anyone point to a regulation which addresses this? 2) I […]
Question: My company has asked our broker to clear our goods as soon as possible on our entries arriving via air freight. When shipment is coming directly to the port of entry they can clear wheels up. But they are arguing that they cannot transmit the entry via ABI for an air shipment that is […]
Question: Could we, as a US company, submit a CCATS ruling on behalf of another (foreign) entity? We need ECCN classification for software from a small German vendor who is clueless about US export controls. We’re unwilling to classify the software ourselves b/c of potential controls, but we wouldn’t mind assisting with a CCATS application. […]
Question: Scenario: Foreign Buyer (FPPI and Ultimate Consignee) purchases goods from a US Vendor. FPPI controls the movement of the cargo and instructs US Vendor to ship the goods to a US Warehouse unrelated to US Vendor. The US Warehouse is used by a related US company of the Foreign Buyer. The goods will be […]
