QUESTION: The following definitions are somewhat circular. Can someone please provide some examples of each type to better clarify the differences. Purchaser. The person abroad who has entered into a transaction to purchase an item for delivery to the ultimate consignee. In most cases, the purchaser is not a bank, forwarding agent, or intermediary. The […]
QUESTION: Can anyone provide a list of all possible charges when you are importing into the United States? Anything that would add to your cost of importing. I know that there are some customs charges that I may not be aware of ********** Answers: From the broker: Too many to list them all but here […]
QUESTION: My company recently hired individuals to work in R&D. The individuals come from China and Russia. The commodity they will work on has an ECCN of 3A981, 3D980, and 3E980. Is there an export control concern here with these individuals working here? Do we need to segregate their duties so they are not allowed […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have any experience trying to collect refunds from HMRC? Scenario:The UK division has historically been importing an item as a “part of” the finished good. I feel the articles in question are specifically excluded from the “parts of’ provision, and are classified under their own subheading. The duty difference would net the […]
QUESTION: If anyone in the membership has a reference sheet that summarizes current U.S. Embargos and Sanctions Programs, can you please provide? It would be great if it is broken out by the type of US entity (US person, foreign owned entity, etc…), type of transaction, sanctioned country and type of restricted party. ========== Answer: […]
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 with tools 8419 Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated (excluding furnaces, ovens and other equipment of heading 8514), for the […]
QUESTION: Most of our exports are routed and as such the EEI filing is processed by the FPPI’s designated freight forwarder. How does the group handle the EEI filing for routed transactions when exporting small shipments that the FPPI requests be sent via a freight forwarder? Some freight forwarders do not offer an EEI filing for […]
QUESTION: On July 13th Department of Commerce and BIS issued a notice that the Denial Order for Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation, of Shenzhen, China (“ZTE Corporation”) and ZTE Kangxun Telecommunications Ltd. of Hi-New Shenzhen, China (“ZTE Kangxun”) (collectively, “ZTE”) had been lifted and both parties were removed from the denied parties list. A signed Final […]
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 […]
