Miscellaneous

QUESTION: Can anyone share the lighthearted “Clearing Santa” trade compliance themed email from the last several years? ================ ANSWERS: http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Santas-ruling-letter.pdf %%%%%%%%%% http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CBP-Position-on-Clearing-Santa-12-2010.pdf  

QUESTION: I work for an importer/corporation who files their own entries remotely. Do we need to file a triennial report on behalf of the Corporation since process entries and we have our own filer code? ========== Answers: No.  Unless the corporation has a customs broker license it does not file the triennial report.  Any entity […]

QUESTION: Would a foreign customer that has a US Tax ID automatically be considered the USPPI in an export transaction or are there certain circumstances that need to be met and if so, what would they be?   Per the regulations, I would understand they would automatically be considered the USPPI as they are the […]

QUESTION: Does any of the members have access/link to the actual Morocco tariff schedule, either in English or Arabic?   I’m looking for country specific chapter/section notes. ==================== ANSWERS: http://www.douane.gov.ma/web/guest/tarif#http://www.douane.gov.ma/tarif/tarif/init.jsf? ==================== Hello,   I have access to Morocco’s HTS information but unable to pull it all together as I would have to do one chapter […]

QUESTION: A representative of a Russian distributor of our product was meeting with our sales team today. I was invited in to the discussion and it turns out to be quite a complicated, actually suspicious, supply chain.   During the conversation the sales person pulled up the sales information and said that one of the […]

QUESTION: Our company is considering to buy a visitor registration system.  A visitor would arrive at the main lobby, sign in, show ID, get a picture taken, name tag is printed out and given to the visitor.   From a trade compliance standpoint, particularly exports and deemed exports, is there any functionality we should ask […]

QUESTION: Do the current California Prop65 Warning Label requirements indicate if the warning label must be attached to the item itself if it is sold online and there are warning on the website product page?   Will they be required on the item itself for online sales after August of 2018? Answers:   Proposition 65 requires […]

QUESTION: Can anyone share this case ? Pharmacia Fine Chemicals, Inc v US Court case 77-7-01188 ************* Answers: I’m guessing it’s a 1977 case, but all I can find are these: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=8429272546483017003&q=%22Pharmacia+Fine+Chemicals%22&hl=en&as_sdt=3,30 https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=11772847799044195637&q=%22Pharmacia+Fine+Chemicals%22&hl=en&as_sdt=3,30 ************ http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ICPA-answers.docx

QUESTION: An item shipped from the U.S. under export license (State) then returned for repairs. What are the requirements to re-import ? Must this be imported under a TIB if duty free ? What are the requirements to re-export ? ========== Answers: If duty free I would not import as a TIB, not worth the […]

QUESTION: Can anyone in the group share a blank inspection report or survey used to verify if the suppliers they are dealing with are involved in forced/child labor? We are not quite sure how to approach this topic but want to develop a process. ========== Answer: We start with requiring suppliers to sign our corporate […]

QUESTION: My company sends a variety of different certs with our shipments. The main types are calibration certificates and certificates of compliance. These are often entered as lines on the Purchase Order from the customers and therefore are listed on the corresponding Sales Orders and commercial documents. How do other companies handle valuation and classification […]