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 […]
Question: When filling out a Blanket CBP Form 216, how are blocks 6-11 required to be filled out? A large variety of SKUs will be warehoused in this FTZ. Is each SKU required to be listed in blocks 6-7, or are we expected to write “Various” or “Blanket”? We can also readily include the HTSUS […]
Question: When filling out a Blanket CBP Form 216, how are blocks 6-11 required to be filled out? A large variety of SKUs will be warehoused in this FTZ. Is each SKU required to be listed in blocks 6-7, or are we expected to write “Various” or “Blanket”? We can also readily include […]
Question: If we are the shipper for international shipments, and the customer or customer’s carrier comes to our door to pick up the shipment, who should provide the BOL? Sometimes, we provide the BOL to the trucker, have them sign and keep one copy for us; other times, the truckers provide theirs and have us […]
Question: If we are the shipper for international shipments, and the customer or customer’s carrier comes to our door to pick up the shipment, who should provide the BOL? Sometimes, we provide the BOL to the trucker, have them sign and keep one copy for us; other times, the truckers provide theirs and have us […]
Question: Is anyone aware of an available video showing the process of a rail car being unloaded and put onto a truck? ========== Answer: Copy and paste the following link into your browser www.google.com/#q=site:youtube.com+intermodal+rail+car+unload If that does not work, then google the search term: site:youtube.comintermodal rail car unload That will get you about 17K answers. […]
Question: One of our customers in Canada was supposed to return a demo unit to us in the USA using the Carnet we had opened. They returned the unit with the Carnet – inside the box – so obviously they neglected to have Canadian or US Customs complete the necessary Carnet pages. Any idea […]
