Question: Our company structure is this: A parent company (LP) with three wholly-owned subsidiaries. Each has its own Tax ID/EIN. Each needs to be able to import into the US under its own EIN.One of my import customs brokers tells me that each of the four must sign a separate POA and that the same […]
Question: We are in the process of putting together a pro / con list for applying to a CBP Center of Excellence. Prior to doing so, I am curious to hear from other ICPA members who are in a CEE or have opted not to participate. **************’ ANSWERS: The goods news with CEE is that […]
Question: We shipped a load from a SC Foreign Trade Zone to Canada via Detroit, MI under a 7512 T&E. The trailer has a huge bulge in the side, and the carrier is telling us customs refused entry into Canada until the load was transshipped to a new trailer. I contacted Detroit CBP and spoke […]
Question: Who can sign Manufacturer’s Affidavits? We are a corporation with multiple locations throughout the U.S., and use the same tax ID number with suffixes, -AA through –FF. Scenario: Site –AA receives freight from sites –BB through –FF with either a Statement of Origin or NAFTA Cert. and then exports to MX. These same items […]
Question: The question for the membership is for those dealing with the residual requirement, and the paperwork required. We have requested that our foreign customers modify their commercial invoice and packing list. On the invoice we asked them to show both the cylinder value in one column and the residual value (which we are using […]
Question: Many of our customers require a Certificate of Origin from the Chamber of Commerce. Our small town local Chamber provides us with great service – but it is very labor intensive for them to issue us 50-60 COO’s per week. Any suggestions on how other Chambers have automated this process or found alternate ways […]
Question: Our location in Indonesia is having some issues with the duty calculation on imports. The Commercial Invoice we provide to them shows a subtotal for the goods, then the freight, and then a CPT Jakarta value. They are telling us not to include the freight because Indonesia Customs assumes the total value of the […]
Question: If I am shipping something freight collect, do I still need to include the estimated freight cost for the international shipment? Or do I only need to include the inland cost. *********** Add’l Answer: I suppose you mean should your Export (Commercial/Shipping/Customs) Invoice show line-item detail beyond the value of the goods which would […]
Question: If I am shipping something freight collect, do I still need to include the estimated freight cost for the international shipment? Or do I only need to include the inland cost. ========= Answers: Include all the costs up to the point where the goods are turned over to the customer or their agent. […]
Question: Drop shipping question to the membership. We are looking for feedback on your experience, special considerations, recommendations, words of caution for these two scenarios for a U.S. based company. 1. Our U.S. facility located in Florida purchases finished goods from an unrelated OEM supplier in China, goods are shipped from China to Florida, […]
Question: We have received a partial shipment (three of four pieces) in the U.S. Unfortunately there is no packing list to learn what items are contained in the missing piece. What options are available to make entry on the three pieces ? ************* Answers: Off the top of my head- the right way would be […]
Question: I would like to know how the Membership handles making sure they have correct format Company Name, Tax ID No., Street number and Street name, City, State/Provenience, Country for their Customers. I have been finding names listed in our Customer DB where there does not seem to be accurate information […]
