Miscellaneous

Question: Does anyone have any information on the proposed Intra-CompanyTransfer License Exception (ICT) set forth by the BIS?

Question:Does anyone know or have a website to search or a document that tells the history of how U.S. Customs Broker’s originated? When they became licensed by the Department of Treasury? Were the original Customs Broker’s responsibilities the same as they are today? I’m putting together a presentation and have looked for information with no […]

Question:Would anyone in the membership know how I could obtain a report listing entries that have liquidated or are scheduled to liquidate? I am looking for a resource that is more reliable than the periodic Courtesy Notices I receive.

Question: If a dual use product is modified to NATO specification and the NATOstatement of work is RESTRICTED, is the product now under the jurisdictionof the State Department? 

Question: To the Membership who are in the Food Industry, Sen Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has introduced legislation called the Milk Import Tariff Equity Act, which would create tariff-rate quotas on foreign dairyproteins that currently come into the U.S. in unlimited quantities. Since2001, The national Milk Producers Federation (“NMPF”) has supported thepassage of the MITEA in […]

Question: We are making a drop shipment to the Caribbean and our customer (in theCaribbean) is asking us to make the shipment without a commercial invoice.  We would advise the carrier the value between ourselves and our customer for US export purposes but the AWB would declare NVD (No Value Declared) and NCV (No Commercial […]

Question: Management has asked me to come up with answers to the following questions regarding the American Recovery Act of 2009. Can anyone provide a clear, simple definition of what qualifies as made in America?   If goods are produced in a country which has a Free Trade Agreement with the USA,  would these products qualify […]

Question: We are looking for guidance / solutions on a new business process we would like to put in place before year-end. Our Automotive facility in Juarez, Mexico will now include an International Trade Center plus a smaller manufacturing operation.  The facility will remain a maquila and will receive finished products from Europe, Honduras, Brazil, […]

Question: Does a product made in a country that does not have a free trade agreement with the U.S qualify for GSA?

Question: Would anyone be willing to share their corporate hand carry policy?  I havedrafted a potential hand carry policy but I would like to see what othermembers have so I can make sure all bases are covered

Question:Are there any members who would be willing to share their site map for their internal import/export compliance website?

Question:                                                   Recently we’ve been fielding requests from customers regarding “Life Cycle Assessments”.  The requests ask for mileage and fuel consumption from Point A to Point B.  We’ve had no problem providing mileage from one port to the next, but haven’t a clue where we can pull vessel fuel consumption figures. Has anyone had similar requests?  […]