Miscellaneous

Question:   Are you planning to participate in the residue pilot? If not, how will you manage the reporting requirement? What steps have you taken to notify your offshore shipping departments about the change?   ==========

Question:   What is the timing rule for diverting ocean shipments from rail to truck? I am getting conflicting information stating that the timing of the diversion must be done anywhere from 48-72 hours before entering the customs port.  Is this timing a customs or transportation regulation?  If a regulation, can someone cite it for […]

Question:   If one has a 5A002.a.1 item, AND a CCATS stating it’s eligible for license   exception ENC, does license exception ENC only overcome the EI reason for   control (i.e. I still have to deal with NS1 control), or does a CCATS stating   ENC eligibility overcome both reasons for control (EI / […]

Question:       We currently ship devices into Canada that contain various levels of software.  The software is activated based on what package was purchased.  On occasions  a customer will want to upgrade their software and to do so, they must  purchase it from the US.  In turn the US will send a code […]

Question:     Can anyone provide a template for freight forwarder KPI (Key Performance Indicators) or score card to measure freight forwarder services?  Please see below key freight forwarder services that need to be evaluated.   ·        Air & Ocean rates   ·        Tracking, tracing, & visibility   ·        Reporting   ·        Account management   […]

Question:   My company is entering into Argentina as a new market.  We have set up our   customers there as “pre-pay” for the time being.  We have a customer asking   that we provide an “accounting profoma invoice” in advance of the shipment so   that they are able to remit payment.  They told […]

Question:   Does anyone have a global/domestic logistics RFP/RFQ template that they are   willing to share?   *************

Question:   Does anyone have a commercial invoice and packing list templates in excel that they can share for international shipments?   ==========

Question:     We Import bulk chemicals via Vessel, for which our broker makes entry using the provided purchase order stating the purchased MT quantity, price per MT, and total value.   After the vessel arrives and is unloaded, a Discharge Survey is conducted and a report is generated and issued by a third party. […]

Question: What are the membership’s secrets on how to understand if technical data (drawings and blueprints) that are available in some internet search engines really are classified as public domain.  The documents often issue disclaimers to the fact. *************

Question: I contacted Census recently to find out if/when the Foreign Trade Regulation  would be updated to reflect their letter #7 recently issued, mandating AES  filing for all 600 series and STA items.  I was told that the letter “was the regulation change”.  Is that really legal?  These letters are extraneous to the regulation, do […]

Question: Does anyone have specs on the minimum standards as defined by CBP for an article to be considered gold plated?  Is the method to use microns or karats? ************