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 […]
QUESTION: Are there members whose companies have Trade broken into 2 teams – Trade Operations (handling transactional work, documentation, declarations, day-to-day activities) and Trade Compliance (determining HTS, handling valuation issues, auditing, communicating regulatory changes)? If so, what is the reporting structure? I am trying to determine if we should set up this type of structure […]
QUESTION: One of our ocean carriers is advising that effective in June, all booking instructions include HS codes for all cargo types and destinations. If I recall, the inclusion of HS codes on cargo manifests came up in the past but couldn’t be implemented due to a number of operational and shipper challenges. Does anyone […]
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: For U.S. government purposes Taiwan […]
QUESTION: U.S. regulations state that we may not export to, or compensate, an individual that is on the restricted party lists. Screening is the mechanism to ensure compliance. How frequently do companies rescreen their employees against restricted party lists? Could you share how do you ensure compliance with the above without periodic rescreening of employees? […]
QUESTION: Would any of the members be willing to share some of the language that they use in contracts with material suppliers that provides coverage regarding expectations for Customs Compliance/International Trade activities? ================== ANSWERS: I’d recommend looking online. In particular search for “international purchase order” and “international supplier agreement.” Many companies post these documents online […]
QUESTION: We shipped a full container of machinery spare parts with an incorrect Commercial Invoice and Packing list that did not acknowledge the inclusion of one Crate of Parts that were in the container. The container cleared customs and the crate of product worth about $20,000 was discovered by our Dealer. The clerical error on […]
