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? […]
Question:Can you provide a vendor ITAR goods and technology while their registration application is pending with the DDTC? ********************************************************************Answers:OK, I assume by “vendor” you mean a U.S. person/company. So you are asking if you can send ITAR goods or technology to another U.S. person, and the answer of course is YES. There is no registration […]
Question:Our company manufactures industrial pumps for various industries includingnuclear power application.We import materials, components and pump parts from internal suppliers.My question is, Do we need to register our trade mark /brand name with CBPto prevent counterfeiting?Is it common that a company register a brand name for heavy industrialequipment like steel pumps?If answer is yes, what […]
Question: We had a corporate-type aircraft depart from the US to France recently – asa private aircraft departure. We now learn that this aircraft will be sold in France. As such, should there be a formal notification for export of the aircraft toCustoms/Commerce by providing an export invoice for the aircraft and AEStransmission for the […]
Question: Would a product qualify for GSA/ Buy America Act if it was manufacturedin Malaysia [ using less than 50% U.S content] and shipped from a FreeTrade Country, Singapore, to the U.S? Does the product has to be manufactured in a FTA country or can it onlybe purchased from one to qualify for GSA?
Question: We’re a US company that wants to import food from our foreign sister company. The products are processed food (ex: cookies, chocolate) that are currently sold at retail in Europe. Our merchandisers would like to take the easy way out by using the European (non-English) packaging and slap a label on the back containing […]
Question: Has anyone created a Certification Statement for use when shipping U.S. goods to Australia, or are you using a Certificate of Origin document? If you have created a document, would you mind sharing?
