OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: I am working with a client who imports and exports clinical supplies (to include chemical compounds and drugs) for pharma and biotech clinical trials into and out of the US. We are building a materials database and are including in it a column for “Invoice Description.” With the […]
OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: Our company sells some of our products via an internet marketplace. Curious on how your organization handles screening in your system with no detailed information of consignee/end-user name and address. Do you rely on distributor/marketplace ‘word’ that they do their due-diligence in screening all customers and buyers? In […]
OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: We have a manufacturing operation in the US and have some small quantities of precious metals/parts that each have a country of origin other than the US. Our R&D group would like to export these rather high value items free of charge to our parent company in Japan […]
OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: Has anyone had a refund check deliver that was too damaged to deposit? We had a check that must have gotten stuck in a post office machine and arrived missing half of the check and stub. I know we will need to request a replacement.What is the best […]
OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: My company is looking to employ first sale customs valuation in scenarios where we purchase items from a Chinese distributor. Now that I have presented this option, I am being asked if similar strategies can be employed when purchasing direct from Chinese manufacturers. Most of these purchases are consigned, […]
OT Fact Sheet: Origin Certification Requirements QUESTION: Sending products/items to 3 PLM facility in EU, there the facility will pick and pack creating a kit for export. 90 % of the items are made in the USA and 10 % of Asian origin since the 3PLM facility will pick and pack all the item and […]
QUESTION: How are other companies marking their commercial invoices for imports to the US from Mexico to communicate COO for Section 301 purposes when general COO = MX but Section 301 = CN? ============ Answer: The Energizer case already has the answer. Distilled, however, it’s a China origin with regards to Section 301, but it’s […]
QUESTION: We are a US company(A). Our supplier is a Chinese company(B). Our customer is a US company (C). The end customer(C’s customer) is in Canada. (D). Sales would like to ship directly from our Chinese supplier(B) to our customer’s customer(D) who is located in Canada. The plan is to bring the goods from China […]
QUESTION: I just completed some internal auditing that we do quarterly. The entry I audited had two entry line items, but when confirming how much was actually paid to the foreign vendor, to confirm that the price paid was in fact the same as the price declared on the 7501, only one line item was […]
QUESTION: My customs broker has informed me of a late entry summary filing that was their error, and indicated that CBP may fine us as the IOR. (filed one week late) What is the proper next step for us as the IOR? Notify CBP or wait for the penalty notice? What is the potential penalty? […]
QUESTION: I am working to create an at-a-glance document to help explain internally to our global stakeholders who all the U.S. government entities are that issue the denied/restricted/sanction lists, what their reach is, and what the implication of the lists are. Probably more than the one page high level document that I envision, but I […]
QUESTION: Looking for help from the membership. We are in the process of submitting our EIDR and CFSP application (Simplified Procedures) for our imports into the UK now that we finally received our DAN. Part of the application process looks to be the need to submit written procedures on the following: Written procedures You must […]
