QUESTION: I am seeking guidance on how to prepare my company for any increased scrutiny under Customs’ Forced Labor regulations. We import a great deal from China, and while we have a robust product safety group who focuses on this area, we want to focus on and tackle this issue from a Trade Compliance angle. […]
QUESTION: Is there a de minimis of U.S. content for sanctions / embargoes on Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria? I.E., a product can have up to 10% U.S. content and still be considered a foreign product not subject to the sanctions, as long as no U.S. persons are involved. If so, where can I […]
QUESTION: Can someone within the membership please confirm that as long as a US Person (i.e. foreign subsidiary of a US company) that produces and ships to other foreign locations is NOT subject to US Anti-boycott regulations as long as they ship items without any US content (i.e. engineering, know-how or parts)? I understand this […]
QUESTION: Our agent overseas has advised they cannot enter a foreign based party as the consignee when submitting their AMS Filing? The foreign based company in question has a U.S. Customs bond and a Customs assigned number. Does anyone know if this is acceptable or how to submit AMS when your consignee is foreign based? […]
QUESTION: We require pen and ink corrections on supplier invoices at time of entry for the HTS and item description. The suppliers HTS is usually missing or incorrect. The item description is usually the part number. Are we required to continue making corrections to the invoices or is it acceptable to provide an email to […]
QUESTION: Wondering if anyone else in the membership has this dilemma. We are asked to provide two different documents for two different customers to avoid delays with Israeli customs. One customer is simple, a blanket certificate of origin is kept on file with their broker for all effected parts. There are no issues with customs […]
QUESTION: A customer sends us a vessel certificate request and shipping instructions. One of the requests is for us to provide the nationality of the vessel. Is this a reportable anti-boycott request? ********** Answers: Unless the request falls under 760(a)(5)(viii), if you think that the request for the country of origin of the vessel is […]
QUESTION: My company is currently going through a merger. As part of this, there will be the development a Global Trade Governance team. Historically we have “self-governed” regionally through the Trade Compliance teams and Trade Operations has managed the operational (day-to-day) activities. My current struggle is trying to identify what activities belong to Governance vs. […]
QUESTION: Do any members have an export and/or import audit module or program they can share ? As part of a larger Trade Compliance controls program, most companies never seem to have the time or resources to conduct audits to ensure other corporate functions and/or other locations around the world are following company import/export policies […]
QUESTION: When is it required for importers to send Customs or other government agencies advance notice? We are getting charged for this on almost every shipment and I want to clarify that we are only being charged when we need to. ======================= Without knowing what you ship….. If by ocean, an Importer Security Filing. If […]
QUESTION: Has anyone read this? It’s old https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/wadeshepard/2017/11/05/how-the-usps-epacket-gives-postal-subsidies-to-chinese-e-commerce-merchants-to-ship-to-the-usa-cheap/amp/ Someone from my procurement team found this old article and asked me if this was an option for us, a US company, to use when we ship small parcel from China to customers. Would this be a good option for low value shipments – Section 321? Does […]
QUESTION: WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF A SHIPMENT COMES FROM TAIWAN AND ONE OF THE TARIFF IS ON THE 301 LIST, IT SHOULD NOT APPLY AND WE DO NOT HAVE TO PAY THE HIGH DUTY RATE, CORRECT? IS TAIWAN CONSIDERED PART OF CHINA? IT CALLS Republic of China. ANSWERS: The United States does not regard Taiwan […]
