QUESTION: Is anyone aware of any problems importing charcoal? ********** Answers: Charcoal is regulated under the Lacey Act (see hyperlink ). Make sure your PPQ 505 forms are in order and you can substantiate (objective documentation) the country of harvest, genus/species, and proper reporting quantities. http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Lacey-Act-Implementation-Schedule-102913.pdf ************ Don’t know of any Customs/OGA issues per se….but […]
QUESTION: I’m a Trade Compliance Manager and I’ve been asked to summarize the Buy America and Buy American Acts for my company. (I’m pretty sure these are more for Procurement, Supply Chain, and Contracts people, but I am not in a position to decline.)Does anyone in the membership have high-level summaries of these? Any other […]
QUESTION: When will CBP start accepting the yearly permit renewal form online and its payment via CC or bank transfer? I write a check every year and mail it to CBP. This is the only check payment I still make! ========== Answers: They do now ========== You should be able to do it now […]
QUESTION: Is the ITN itself to be kept confidential, i.e. not shared with foreign colleagues, or transmitted from our filing agent through our foreign server? I could nothing on this specific question in the ICPA archive. =========== Answers: Have a look at 15 cfr 30.69 … information collected and accessed by the Census Bureau under 15 CFR […]
QUESTION: I need to ask the membership a question regarding the transfer of U.S. technology and engineering. If a company is considering a licensing agreement with a foreign party relative to the construction of a plant to produce a chemical product and will provide this entity with technology and basic engineering package to be used […]
QUESTION: Does the membership have any insight as to whether or not the Section 232 and 301 tariff hikes affect goods entered into a Maquila prior to the effective date of the tariffs? For instance, if an affected item is entered via a warehouse entry into a Maquila today, and then the tariff increase becomes […]
QUESTION: Regarding the potential 10% – 25% tariffs on a large number of products from China, would these tariffs to apply to products manufactured in Hong Kong? ********** Answers: No. They apply to China. *********** Additional duties are applicable to CN origin products, they would not apply to HK origin products. ************ No, the tariffs […]
QUESTION: I have a small business in Mexico and some of my customers are in USA. When I need to ship product to US I hand carry the product from Mexico to USA and drop it in the US Postal service, then my customers receive the product at their homes and they pay me with […]
QUESTION: Does anyone know if a part number is required in the description field of a certificate of origin? It is listed on the commercial invoice but need to know if it’s required on the certificate of origin? ========== Answers: A part number is not required……. see the Field 5 (Description of the Goods) instructions […]
QUESTION: One of our overseas vendor is requesting an AEO Cert for our company. We provided the Tax ID# and they came back asking for AEO Cert Number. We sent our SVI number today thinking that could what they are looking for? Is anyone in the community familiar with an AEO Cert Number? Thank you! […]
QUESTION: Is there a process importers are following to comment on the latest rounds of China Tariffs? ================== ANSWERS: Regulations.gov USTR-2018-0026 ======================== There sure is: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/07/11/2018-14820/procedures-to-consider-requests-for-exclusion-of-particular-products-from-the-determination-of
QUESTION: Would the membership advise where we are currently in the Sec 301 additional tariffs announced by the USTR? As I understand, List 1 was effective 07/06/18 and duty rates are 25%. List 2 is currently in the comment stage and duty rates are 25%. The final list, made public by the USTR last week, […]
