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?
Question:Where the Customs regulations provide for liquidated damages of “three times the value … if the merchandise is restricted or prohibited…” what is the definition of “restricted merchandise? *******************************************************************Answers:Prohibited/restricted merchandise is listed in part 12 of the customs regs. It doesn’t have anythign to do with ITAR parts, so “no”, aircraft parts are not restricted […]
Question:Our company in Germany is planning on sending product (US Origin) to Iran. Is this OK? Are they required to get any kind of a license?
Question: Would a product qualify for GSA/ Buy America Act if it was manufactured in Malaysia [ using less than 50% U.S content] and shipped from a Free Trade Country, Singapore, to the U.S? Does the product has to be manufactured in a FTA country or can it only be purchased from one to qualify […]
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: I have been asked to author directives on the importation of personal items into the United States. We have expat employees that return to the states and ship their personal items unaccompanied. Does anyone have something in writing that details how these entries are handled? Does your company agree to be the importer of […]
Question:We current require our customers to provide End User Statements for certain products to countries of concerns. This is found to be cumbersome process and hard to verify the validity of these statements. We also requirement End User Statements from our customers for any licensable shipment. We are looking at what at the best practices […]
