Miscellaneous

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Dutch import entry documents

    QUESTION: This is a question for trade compliance members who audit Dutch import entries. I am auditing my first Dutch Customs Entry from the US as we do not have a fully staffed logistics/trade compliance team in the EU/NL.  I am having difficulty tying the invoice PNs to the information on the Customs Release document […]

  • CORPORATE POLICY FOR CUSTOMS REQUESTS

    QUESTION: Does your company have a policy that reads anything like “If a Customs agency asks you for something, please notify Trade Compliance before responding?”  If so, would you mind sharing the verbiage? Is it a separate policy, part of a larger corporate policy, or……? ========== Answers: While I cannot share the exact wording, I can […]

  • Question on job title

    OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: I am currently the Trade Compliance Manager. I report to the Director of Supply Chain and then I have a Trade Compliance Analyst that reports to me. We are a US based company with only 1 location and I have been with this company for 13 years. The […]

  • Forced Labor supply chain evaluation approach

    OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: I’d be interested to hear from members that have done an evaluation of their end to end supply chain or are considering an evaluation of their end to end supply chain for forced labor – What approach did you take to conduct your evaluation?  Direct survey to suppliers?  […]

  • ADVANCED COLLEGE DEGREE

    QUESTION: I am about to complete my IMBA and have been working in international trade compliance for seven years. I know I don’t want to stop there with my education and have been thinking about getting a JD. I have muddled through the information on the internet, but still feel like there is little info […]

  • ROYALTY LICENSE FEE SCENARIO

    OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: Company A, located in the EU and Company B, located in the US, are related entities. A sells B raw material in which B converts to finished product. B acts as the US IOR of the raw material. B sells finished product to third party US and foreign […]

  • Carnet or Hand Carry?

    OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: Prior to commercialization of our business, we send teams of technical folks into the country to conduct tests and trials of our products capabilities in order to prove its effectiveness and efficacy.  If the customers are impressed we close the deal. The issue is that in many cases […]

  • INTER-ANDEAN COUNTRY SHIPPING

    OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: Does anyone in the ICPA community have experience shipping product from one Andean Community (Comunidad Andina) country to another – i.e Peru to Colombia or Peru to Ecuador? Is the process for shipping product intra-Andean Community similar to how it works in the EU?  By that, I mean, a shipment […]

  • Foreign National Employment

    OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: We have situations where our foreign owned company employs citizens from embargoed countries (think Iran) to work in the United States. We have controls around what projects and tech data they are exposed to but interested to hear if the membership has any best practices, they would be […]

  • Are ‘ALL’ gloves under 4015.19.1010 exempt?

    OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: Are all gloves imported under 4015.19.1010 exempt thru Sept’21, (9903.88.64 85 FR 16987) or just those for COVID relief? Our black gloves fall under that HTS, but they are not for COVID relief.  Can we still claim this exclusion? Appreciate any feedback. ========== Answers: Chapter 99 Note 20(qqq)(7) […]

  • Supplier due diligence form

    OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: Anyone here that is in the procurement dept, what do you send to suppliers as a “due diligence” supplier form and questionnaire? I would like to include security questions that could help us once we work on the CTPAT requirements and also things related to labor, code of […]

  • ENTERED QUANTITY

    OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: Company established a part # (SKU) with the same item to be imported as a “set” (although not a set according to CBP – same article – maybe a different color). Two of the same items packaged together. HTS reporting is NO and KG. Seller sells 600 of […]