Miscellaneous

MISCELLANEOUS

  • FLATBED TRANSPORT OF CONTAINERS FROM WEST COAST

    Question:Non-logistics mgmt believes we should be able to flatbed containers after port LA booked discharge to midway or farther cross-country D/C,  and return empty to nearest CY railhead where specific carrier does maintain box stock or normally receives return of empty MLB boxes.   This as alternative to transloading into standard trailer.   Beyond saving at most […]

  • EMPTY CONTAINER RESIDUAL

    Question: We are producers of chemicals subject to TSCA and plastics which are not subject to TSCA and some chemicals are subject to DEA.  This Customs Bulletin and Decision Vol 43, No 28, July 17, 2009 has caught us by surprise, which will require all empty rail cars, trucks, iso containers, etc that contain “any” […]

  • ACQUISITION LIABILITY

    Question: Our company just purchased the patents and assets of another company (they keep their tax id).  We are in the process of evaluating and classifying their products for import/export, and they will begin using our tax id’s for their limited import and export transactions as they are migrated to our system, but I want […]

  • CONTAINER TRACKING

    Question: Questions on RFID or GPS Tracking to reduce the cost of material in the international supply chain: Can the membership provide feedback on container tracking solutions used to reduce the supply? What are you using? Have you been able to successfully transition to more of a JIT operation?

  • DOCK /WAREHOUSE SAFETY TRAINING

    Question:I know it already exist, I seen it before but can not find it.. Does someone have one of the following? Your help will be greatly appreciated.   1. – Docks Safety presentation or training module. 2. – Warehouse safety presentation or training module.

  • SHIPPING TO MOROCCO

    Question: We have a marketing team and models going to Morocco for a photo shoot.  The producer that arranged the shoot is Mexican.  The team would like to ship 9 boxes of clothing and shoes for the models to wear.  We do not have an IOR in Morocco.  We’ve talked to USCIB and Morocco will […]

  • DATA FEED FROM BROKERS

    Question:Can anyone in the membership comment on what industry standard file format is used to get data from your brokers?  By industry standard I am referring to EDI or CATAIR, etc.?  If EDI, what record sets?  Thanks

  • EMPTY GAS CYLINDERS WITH RESIDUAL

    Question:Pressurized gas cylinders (acetylene for welding, propane, methyl chloride, etc) are transported in steel cylinders which are classified as Instruments of International Trade by several rulings. By the laws of physics, these cylinders never go empty… when the pressure of the gas in the cylinder equals the atmospheric pressure, no more gas can come out. […]

  • ESCALATION POLICY

    Question: How do other members in the trade community inform, train, and maintainan escalation policy?  This is in regard to how a company will react if,for example if a government agent makes an unannounced visit or an evenwhere CBP mails a Request for Information and it sent to a corporategeneral mail box.  Who is the […]

  • LETTER OF ASSURANCE

    Question: Does anyone have a current template/example of a Letter of Assurance that theywould be willing to share? The LOA would be used to notify  a non-U.S. reseller/distributor of the U.S.re-export/retransfer requriements at a high level?

  • UAE TARIFF

    Question: Does anyone have a copy of the UAE tariff in English in Excel?  The onlyversion we have found on-line so far is a pdf and it isn’t even complete.