Miscellaneous

MISCELLANEOUS

  • JOINT REGISTRATIO WITH DDTC AND CANADA

      Question:   Can a US company and a related Canadian company have a joint DDTC   registration?  I thought that a Canadian entity could only be registered with   the CCR and not ITAR?       Have I missed an exemption?       ***********

  • CUTTING YOUR OWN IT FOR FTZ’S

      Question:   If anyone uses Integration Point software to cut IT bonds themselves from a rail destination to their FTZ, can you please contact us.  We are trying to determine if we would like to have a 3rd party manage our IT bond process (they are requesting and exorbitant fee for this) or get […]

  • Pharmaceutical, Healthcare CEE

      Question:   I am interested in feedback from members of the ICPA in the Pharmaceutical industry about their participation in Pharma CEE.  Are they happy they joined?  Are they seeing any benefits?  What are the biggest benefits?  Would you do it again?   ==========

  • GENERAL CONTRACT TERMS

      Question:   I am battling with certain members of our in-house counsel regarding standard export-import compliance terms. My position is that we should include such terms in every contract, however, certain in-house counsel do not want to have a standard export-import compliance contract term for fear that, as a service provider, it will “scare” […]

  • CARGO STUCK IN UKRAINIAN CUSTOMS

      Question:   US Company shipped a piece of equipment to Ukraine and is currently stuck in Ukrainian customs.  The equipment does require a CE mark (self certifying). It was a German company who purchased it and it was shipped from the US to Ukraine and will stay in the Ukraine.  Since the ultimate destination […]

  • PURCHASING PROCESS FLOW

    QUESTION: Was wondering is anyone within the membership has a process flow or template of questions to be asked used by your Purchasing or  Procurement departments. If an internal business unit puts an order through to purchasing/procurement, how does this group know what questions and or requirements are needed for these international shipments; so that […]

  • GENERIC COO FORM

    Question: What do you use as Country of origin certification?  Since there is nothing generic on the Customs website, I’m looking for something to have my suppliers fill out.  Do you send anything additional that states the rules for determining country of origin to have them sign that they understand?  Do you accept them signed […]

  • HIRING REVIEW OF FOREIGN NATIONALS

    Question: We have started looking at our process for reviewing foreign nationals for hire. We will be requiring the hiring managers to complete a questionnaire regarding what type of work, technology or travel this foreign national will have in their role. Does anyone in the membership have any questionnaire they would be willing to share […]

  • CALIFORNIA TRANSPARENCY IN SUPPLY CHAIN ACT

    Question: My company imports and sells raw materials.  A customer is asking my company to certify that we operate in compliance with the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act.  We do not supply to this customer in California so I’m not sure why this would be applicable to us but, for sake of argument, let’s […]

  • RESIDUE REPORTING DEFINITION

    Question: With regards to the 8/27/2013 FRN for Residue Reporting Test, would any of the members have a CBP definition for “Residue”?  Not sure if there is a formal definition out there, if so I haven’t been able to find it.   Additionally, our rail/truck containers will be returning to the U.S. with than 7% […]