QUESTION: I’m interested to see how the membership tracks its Section 321 transactions. Does your broker provide you with some type of reporting? And if anyone uses an express courier, how do you work with them to track these types of transactions? ========== Answers: Understand that 321 entries are not typically tracked in any government […]
QUESTION: A piece of test equipment unit is imported into the US from a UK supplier for review by a US company under a Carnet issued to UK supplier. The US company wants to buy the unit and keep it permanently in the US. Is there a way to keep the unit in the US […]
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: A vendor asked us if it was okay to invoice us in euro. I replied that invoicing in USD is preferred from a trade compliance standpoint because it improves the chances of the accuracy of the USD amount we claim at the time of entry. I explained the process of identifying the date […]
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 […]
