QUESTION: We currently perform End User checks and RPL screening on every customer, every shipment, every time. I want to move some of our customers (a small number of safe, high volume ones) to an annual certification. (We already have dynamic screening turned on in our RPL screener.) Thoughts? I think this is ok, so […]
QUESTION: We are a US based importer/exporter of manufactured goods. We have customers around the world and have developed a screening process for our customers and suppliers to ensure they are not sanctioned and our products can be sold to them – licensed or otherwise. We are now working on our banks and trying to […]
QUESTION: Will pharmaceutical products made in China and included in the Pharmaceutical Appendix to the Harmonized Tariff schedule, remain free of duty upon entry into the USA under special preference program K, and not be effected by the proposed 10% additional duty recently levied by Section 301? ========== Answers: No, Section 301 duties are additional. […]
How are other importers handling the last round of proposed tariffs related to their import business to help their buyers understand impact to their areas? We have worked on identifying past items based on HTS number and looking at future orders with potential items. Due to the large list, has anyone been able to put […]
QUESTION: With the new list that of HTS under the section 301 tariffs that came out on July 10, my company found HTS that we import. I can run reports in ACE that show me the value of our imports over the last 12 months. I have been asked to find by HTS the percentage […]
Will a good with an origin of China, that meets the provisions under GN 25(m) to be considered an originating good of Singapore, be subject to the Section 301 tariffs upon import into the US? Example: Sockets of 8536.69.4040 Country of Mfg: China Shipped from Taiwan to Singapore to US ************* Answers: For FTA purposes […]
QUESTION: Researching 301 tariff codes I found something in the tariff that didn’t look like all the others…. 8419.90.8500 UOQ1: X UOQ2: X Parts: Of electromechanical tools for working in the hand with self-contained electric motor Now I have seen descriptions like that in other parts of the tariff- but 8419 has nothing to do […]
QUESTION: Can imports be protected by the Section 301 tariffs when imported as a TIB? ========== Answers: No, TIB imports are not subject to any duty payment, because technically they have not been entered into the commerce of the U.S. BUT, you should be very careful about using TIBs. Their label is literally what they […]
QUESTION: Our company is in a field of oil/gas equipment manufacturing. We constantly deal with sanctioned/embargoed countries. Recently new US sanctions against Russia just came out about business ownership related to Russia, so called “50% rule”. This is in addition to the sanctions already exist against Russian oligarchs, individuals, government officials and business entities. My […]
QUESTION: I was reviewing the list of HS Codes that are part of the Section 301 action and do not always see the connection between the purported reasons for action: 1) China uses joint venture requirements, foreign investment restrictions, and administrative review and licensing processes to force or pressure technology transfers from American companies. 2) […]
QUESTION: Interested in how other members value mass market software for EEI filing. I know EEI is required when the HTS is over $2500 but do you value only the software or the hardware or media that it’s installed on? ===================== ANSWER: Normally the hardware or end media is classified as a finished product and […]
QUESTION: With regard to US Customs having the authority under 19 CFR 12.42 to not release “any class of merchandise that is being, or is likely to be, imported into the United States is being produced, whether by mining, manufacture, or other means, in any foreign locality with the use of convict labor, forced labor, […]
