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? […]
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?
