O QUESTION: For those of you with a large global operation, how are your policies and procedures structured? Do you have a general corporate trade compliance manual and then specific country procedures? Or, does each country have their own completely separate trade compliance manual? I was thinking, one global TC manual with general principles. Then, each […]
QUESTION: Does anyone import aluminum products from China that fall under the AIM program with an import licensing requirement. If yes, please advise if the process to apply for a license is simple and an estimated time for completing the application. I have an entity falling under this licensing requirement and they are requesting additional […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
