QUESTION: Does anyone have an HTS correlation table in Excel related to the WCO 2022 tariff changes? =========== Addl Answers: I’d touch base with your own broker(s) to ask what they can provide =========== Kindly see the enclosed Document. Hope it helps, https://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/WCO-2022-tariff-changes-1.pdf =========== See attached Excel sheet. Suggested changes only, you are responsible for […]
QUESTION: We have a difficult time getting some vendors to sign the code of conduct provisions as part of our vendor set up requirement. The ones that refuse to sign are bigger companies, usually publicly traded. Would anyone like to share your current due diligence process for working with domestic vendors? Our foreign vendor have […]
QUESTION: Can our foreign owned entities that are subject to US law, e.g. OFAC, BIS, etc… purchase Huawei phones for business use and not be in violation of the US sanctions on Huawei? ========== Answers: You just answered your own question: “Can our foreign owned entities that are subject to US law . . .” […]
QUESTION: We are a semiconductor manufacturer with locations around the globe. We are importing chips and PCBs into Egypt for design and development but are constantly running into lengthy delays at Customs for inspections and reviews by the relevant authorities. Is anyone in the membership doing business in Egypt and might have suggestions on how […]
QUESTION: We are a self-filer trying to streamline our entry process for our entry writers by potentially contracting out general track and trace updates and document collection but have come across some binding rulings that make us question what constitutes performing “customs business” on our behalf and what does not. Would updating the ETA and […]
QUESTION: Our company buys lumber from a vendor in foreign country A, and our vendor ships it directly to our customer in foreign country B. We want to know how we can present a certificate of origin and a phytosanitary certificate to our customer without divulging the name of the vendor from country A. Both […]
QUESTION: When making 760.5 required reports to the antiboycott office of BIS, do you have to attach the FULL offending back up document (bid, tender etc.) or maybe just the cover page and offending page? The full Tender documents are 50+ pages each and so this could become voluminous quickly if OAC requires the FULL […]
QUESTION: Can the membership please tell me how a small pack shipment, sent from a third party company can legally enter the country of destination, provided all of the contents are authorized to enter the country? I needed to send a personal package to a foreign country, did the research to confirm that all of […]
Your Social Security Statement QUESTION: Can the membership please tell me how a small pack shipment, sent from a third party company can legally enter the country of destination, provided all of the contents are authorized to enter the country? I needed to send a personal package to a foreign country, did the research to […]
QUESTION: Situation: US import originates in Germany where the CMO is located US importer does not have an entity in Germany US importer requires that certain values for customs are listed on the invoice The product imported into the US will be further processed for use in clinical studies The Exporter in Germany (CMO) requests […]
Your Social Security Statement QUESTION: We own an organization/company located in Germany that does not import/export any U.S. product but does export product that they manufacture. Because they are not exporting product of U.S. origin, would they still need to be concerned with U.S. export regulations (outside of ensuring that they are not selling product […]
Your Social Security Statement QUESTION: We acquired a company a year ago and the leader of that organization switched to their current broker soon after joining the broader company and that broker has been very forthcoming in supplying the data for trade compliance purposes. Prior to the acquisition the company used another broker who refuses […]
