Miscellaneous

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Public Bulletin LA 08-002

    Question: I need to see the above referenced Public Bulletin.  We are filing a remoteentry from Dallas in LA.  It has been overridden for exam.  The latestbulletin we have is 07-021.  Customs will not send us a copy saying that itis on the CBP website.  I can not find it anywhere.

  • ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

    Question:There are have been several discussions about the CBP meaning of “original documents” and what needs to be retained.  George Tuttle forwarded a letter from CBP that works through the logic to show the electronic documents received in electronic form are in original form and can be retained in electronic form. This pretty much finished […]

  • OCEAN REEFER CONTAINER REQUESTS

    Question: We have various products that domestically we implement a “protect fromfeeze” season from Oct to April, as they must be kept above a certain temp.  For export, these products ship in reefers only during this protect fromfreeze season.  In summer months, we do not use reefers.  To date we havehad only one issue with […]

  • SIMULTANEOUS PASSAGE OF TITLE

    Question:Our parent company – ‘Company Name Inc.’ Our international selling entity (a sub of parent)  – ‘Company Name International, Inc.’ Our international marketing and support services company (a sub of parent) – ‘Company Name International Services, Inc.’ I work for ‘Company Name International Services, Inc’ (for tax purposes) and have Customs POA from parent company […]

  • CIRCUMSTANCES OF SALE

    Question: I would like to ask the membership a question pertaining to theCircumstances of Sale, specifically the “All Costs Plus Profit Method”.This states, “If it is shown that the price is adequate to ensurerecovery of all costs plus a profit which is equivalent to the firm’soverall profit realized over a representative period of time (e.g., […]

  • 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 […]