Question:I have been asked if electonic signatures are acceptable on entry support documents. These are not official Customs forms but the supporting declarations and statements for specific types of products. Examples of these support documents would be a TSCA 1 Statement and an ADD reimbursement statement. Can anyone in the membership advise if electronic signatures […]
Question:How are other exporters out there dealing with the new SONCAP requirements for Nigerian Imports; to be mandatory September 2009?There seems to be only one agency out there that is sanctioned to do this by the Nigerian government, however we have been unable to get definite answers from them. Any assistance and/or discussion of experiences […]
Question: If i need to send small courier pkgs to China, is it best to have the courier company clear the shipment or do CPT terms and have the customers broker clear the shipment?
Question:Do any of the members have a comprehensive social compliance policy or program that they would be willing to share? I am looking to benchmark some best practices in this area.
Question:Has anyone thoroughly read (and understands) the relatively new Lithium Battery Regs? Though these are actually Dept of Transportation and IATA rules, they may not fall under the umbrella of some of our import/export compliance family, but certainly could fall under “compliance” in some form or fashion. These regs became effective Jan 1st, 2008, but […]
Question: These are excellent questions as so many importers are doing exactly whatyou do:Directly drop-ship to your final customer as it saves time and money. Justmakes a lot of sense. But you point out very important aspects that often are overlooked, as thedirect ship-to customer considers this a domestic purchase/delivery. 1. You will need to […]
Question: U.S. Customs has modified a ruling and will now require any imports of residue in “empty” containers to be manifested and entered upon arrival to the U.S. The question to the membership is if anybody knows how the entry process will work on this? Previously. if we had an empty cylinder return from a […]
Question: We need some good advice. Here is the scenario, Our company purchase product (chemical) from a trade company (Company A) in overseas and they subcontracted a factory (Company B) to produce the goods. Then, Company B transport the goods to another company (Company C) for packing. After packing, the Company C shipped the finished […]
Question:My company purchases software from outside of the United States and installs it into our systems which we need to export to our customers. We do not believe the software, which includes encryption, has not been sent into BIS for the one-time review. We have considered filing the one-time review or requesting a commodity classification […]
Question: Is anyone experiencing ocean delays out of Shanghai headed for LGB? Cancelled vessels or whatever?
Question: We sell and export products for the tour and travel industry to a company say in France that are used on guided tours offered around the world. For example tents (this is not our product but a fair comparison). This tour company offers trips to Cuba. They could take our product to Cuba […]
Question: I would like to know to what extent the members “verify” visitors coming in for meetings, against the “lists” (denied party, debarred, etc). We check all foreign nationals and foreign companies but there is debate regarding whether we need to check US persons who work for foreign companies. (and if we should check US […]
