My company has been shipping parts to Mexico for years. Our parts are exported in re-usable packaging. We now have a shipment at the border this is being held because our customer does not have a “permit” to import the product in the reusable packing. The issue is not the part but the physical packaging. […]
I work for a large company that owns many smaller companies. Each company imports under their own Tax ID, import number, and Customs Bond. We bought company A about 5 years ago, we never got involved in their imports, their processes continued seamlessly. We recently sold Company A. Their tax ID, importer number, and import […]
If you import and item that is outside the Lacey Act, like an electronic article (Chap 85) which has a printed paper user manual (Chap 49), are we safe to assume that we have nothing to worry about since Chap 49 has not been mentioned any of the upcoming Chapters that will be enforced, even […]
Is there a public list of all importers that are federally licensed to import firearms? If so, where?
If you read the Lacey Act closely it states that all these new “import” requirements also apply to exports.We are so engrossed with preparing for the new requirements that many of the “blurbs” sent out by various attorneys merely mention the new Lacey Act requirements for importers.Does anyone know who Census or Customs is going […]
My leadership consistently asks for industry averages for processing time of licenses through Dept. of State and agreements through Dept. of State. While everyone calculates differently I am looking for the basic from point of request for a license or agreement to the DoS approval. How many days on the average? No need to identify […]
We have been asked to provide one of our manufactured goods which the end use is described as being used start the diesel engines that drive stand-by power generators which power a nuclear power station in France. I am looking for some feedback on this being an acceptable end-use. Product has been determined to be […]
In general how much is the cost of a carnet? Is there a source document of what countries require a carnet?
We are the seller in the U.S. We have our vendor in the UK drop shipping for us directly to our customer in Germany. The shipper is telling me that since they are shipping within the EU that a customs invoice and a customs broker are not necessary. No customs clearance will be done. They […]
Is there a good place (preferably free) to get good trade statistics for various countries/regions by commodity? We’re looking for stats from the US, UK and Italy to Latin America.
Does anyone out there have a handbook, guide or manual that they would recommend to help a nontechnical, non-engineer understand some of the electronic component terms such as DIMM, CPLD, etc.?
Question: We are an importer of textiles and have applied for a filer code to become a self filer. It has been 3 months since we have submitted the paperwork. We have been advised by local customs that HQ has the file and is currently doing ‘research’. We have become concerned because of the length […]
