QUESTION: We are a US only entity but have registered and obtained an EORI# (NL) and a VAT Registration number (NL). Dutch Customs published a news message stating that as of Dec 1, 2019, non-EU companies can no longer be the ‘exporter’ (box 2 of the export declaration) Aside from setting up a EU company, […]
QUESTION: I was wondering if you can share briefly what is your internal operating principles of collaboration between Export/Trade compliance, in-house legal and outside counsel. Do you (as a export compliance person) communicate directly with outside counsel? What role in-house legal play in compliance? Do you find it challenging to build partnership with legal? %%%%%%%%%% […]
QUESTION: We are a US company who recently sold all of our foreign assets (UK, RU, CN, IN, EU) to a German company. Without consulting the Trade Department, IT decided that Trade Compliance would continue to screen the sales orders between our previous held asset locations and their buyers. What I mean is an order […]
QUESTION: Has anybody in the membership petitioned for MTB (Miscellaneous Tariff Bill) and if so, could share any tips on the best way to approach the application? Would you be able to share the name of the company that assisted you with the process? Did you file on SKU level or HTS level? Have you […]
QUESTION: In regards to manufacture id rules, I have some questions. no city division for this location in Vietnam – do we skip this part? shipper address is in MARSHALL ISLANDS but product is produced in China. shipper address is in Hong Kong but product is produced in China. 2 different factories located in China […]
QUESTION: The high majority of our imported products are duty-free. Of course the current tariffs have caused costs to increase. I understand that the MTB does not provide relief for items that are subject to tariffs, or other trade actions, such as anti-dumping and countervailing. For these reasons, I have not paid much attention to […]
QUESTION: Does anyone know how exactly is the customs clearance process in Chile, South America ?? =========== Answer: Can you are more specific on what about the process it is that you need to know and what the product is that you would be trying to clear? Also, below is the link to the Chilean […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have a formula for computing the lowest cost manufacturing location (by country) of a finished good that takes duty (both MFN and China tariffs), freight, and country of origin into account? This formula would have take into account the duties paid versus the “all in” transportation costs, and if one component changes, […]
QUESTION: We are a US only entity but have registered and obtained an EORI# (NL) and a VAT Registration number (NL). Dutch Customs published a news message stating that as of Dec 1, 2019, non-EU companies can no longer be the ‘exporter’ (box 2 of the export declaration) Aside from setting up a EU company, […]
QUESTION: The company that I work for is researching more effective ways to track and log classification changes. Typically, once we identify a misclassified SKU, we search for similar SKUs, make corrections accordingly, and follow up with any post-entry work if necessary. The spreadsheets related to classification changes are saved within folders on our shared […]
QUESTION: We frequently ship reusable plastic trays produced in the U.S. that contain our product protected in foam compartments. The empty plastic trays return separately. How do you track the imports/exports? What verbiage does your shipper use to instruct the freight forwarder/carrier? Are there any requirements to track each individual tray (by serial number, etc.)? […]
QUESTION: This is more of a logistics issue than compliance but I am hoping someone can help me. We ship high value gold, silver and platinum shipments to and from Canada and the US. Our courier has stated they will no longer pickup any shipment valued at over 250K for the safety of their drivers. […]
