QUESTION: Question for those completing the TSR. I’d be interested to know if others who are licensed customs broker and work for an importer but are not under a corporate license select “Individual”. Do you respond “Yes” to the question “are you actively engaged in Customs business”? If yes, do you replace the name and […]
Question: My company is a retailer. We buy and make women’s apparel. We purchase apparel and import our products to sell in our retail stores throughout the U.S. We also sell our product online in U.S and Canada. We are looking to start selling on EBay and Amazon. Is there any one who knows if […]
Question: I am working with motors and compressors in 8418. I can not find a definition for converting horsepower to KW. This is important for several classifications in the HTS. For example: 8418.99.8005 8418.99.8015 The only definition I am finding on this conversion is Chapter 85 “Additional U.S. Notes 1. For the purposes of headings […]
Question: My company is shipping to a customer in Mexico and they have asked for a NAFTA cert. The product does not qualify for NAFTA but is assembled in the US from US, Canada, and South Africa parts. Is there a certificate of origin format for ‘assembled in the US’ that anyone can share ===========
Question: My company is a retailer. We buy and make women’s apparel. We purchase apparel and import our products to sell in our retail stores throughout the U.S. We also sell our product online in U.S and Canada. We are looking to start selling on EBay and Amazon. Is there any one who knows if […]
Question: We would like to hear how the membership handles valuation/classification of upgraded items. In our business it is common for our customers to send parts back to us for repair (both warranty and non-warranty). Once in a while it is a part which we repair and upgrade before we send it back. By upgrade, […]
QUESTION: We are considering granting secure (username/password) access to our established foreign customers to enter their own orders directly into our ERP (via portal access). The order would need to be reviewed and released by our export coordinators before becoming visible to the rest of the company for production planning purposes. The customers would not […]
Question: We are contemplating First Sale and due to systems issues in capturing the duty savings, we may be forced to use Reconciliation entries as the basis to capture the duty savings, not putting it in cost of goods. For those importers using First Cost for duty base, where do you capture your duty savings? […]
Question: Does anyone in the membership have a copy of the Form C16 – CCVO (Certificate of Value and Origin) for exports to Nigeria that they wouldn’t mind sharing? ===========
Question: We have field service reps who take our “technology” with them when they travel abroad to visit customer sites. When license exception TSR is applicable, do we need to have the employee sign the written assurance required by 740.6(a)(1)? Is the employee considered a “consignee” for purposes of this regulation? In 740.6(a)(3) it says: […]
Question: We have field service reps who take our “technology” with them when they travel abroad to visit customer sites. When license exception TSR is applicable, do we need to have the employee sign the written assurance required by 740.6(a)(1)? Is the employee considered a “consignee” for purposes of this regulation? In 740.6(a)(3) it says: […]
Question: This is not strictly a compliance question, but does refer to compliance visits to factories. I am drawing up a travel budget that includes China. Hotel details are easy enough to figure. How about food and taxi’s? For the business traveler in Shanghai and Beijing, can you advise the average cost of decent meals […]
