QUESTION: The company is organized into separate business units. Some business unit corporate/headquarters are in the United States, but most are in Europe. This question is geared towards the US corporate office. In performing a screening for potential new business outside of the United States it was found that the purchaser is listed on […]
QUESTION: We sell a product to a foreign customer ex-works our dock and use the foreign customer’s courier’s account to ship to their facility in Italy (we are not responsible for freight charges). Are we responsible for placing the freight charges (shipping charges) on the export commercial invoice? ========== Answers: Are you billing the […]
QUESTION: Is it possible for anyone other than the original filer of an EEI to amend the information if needed? A situational description could be when you have an agent do a filing where they make a mistake that you ask them (repeatedly) to fix, but they do not. Could I then amend the EEI?? […]
QUESTION: 19USC1304 states goods marking must indicate to the U.S. Ultimate Purchaser the name of the country of origin(with some exceptions), while 19CFR134.1(d) defines the Ultimate Purchaser as generally the last person in the United States who will receive the article in the form in which it was imported. Our firm primarily manufactures and […]
QUESTION: It appears some rulings that were listed on there before, no longer are. And I believe some of them were not that old date-wise. Does anyone know if this occurs? (i.e. no longer be listed this public site). And if so, why? ************ Answers: Rulings that are no longer valid because of regulatory changes […]
QUESTION: Does anyone know if Turkey has made any recent changes to duty rates (August timeframe) on machinery imported from the USA? We are getting reports of an additional 20% duty assessed to machinery produced in the USA? Are you aware of any website, in English, for Turkish import regulations and duty rates? […]
QUESTION: Can anyone in the membership provide Customs Directive 099 3530-007? The link on CROSS is broken. ************** Answers: http://www.icpainc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/59c9179652fff.docx ***************
QUESTION: Hoping to get some firm details on the New Customs Act (Customs Acts 2560, Section 59) in Thailand. Being told that certain “shipping marks” must be shown on all packages and the documentation that corresponds with it, however, can not seem to find anything online that actually details WHAT the shipping marks include. Was […]
QUESTION: We manufacture and import lighting products. Normally we import in packages ready to sell, and have the UL certification mark printed directly on packaging. We have actually had containers pulled by customs to ensure they had the UL certification mark. But sometimes we import in a master pack and then package them here. […]
QUESTION: Need help on some general importer setup. I want to know if we are understanding the 5106 form correctly or not. We are a division of a parent company. Legal name of the company is XYZ Corporation, ABC Division. The 5016 asks for importer name and if we are a division. We interpret […]
QUESTION: In the regulations for the United States Munitions List that one dedicated individual must be named as POC or can it be multiple contacts? ========== Answers: Of course it can be multiple contacts – we have about 30 Empowered Officials at our company – we are huge! ========== “POC” is an ambiguous term in […]
QUESTION: Is there any update on the CBP Trusted Trader program. Seems like the last status report was a while back. ************* Answers: Go here: https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2017-Aug/Trusted%20Trader%20Subcommittee%20Executive%20Summary.pdf George Tuttle III Law Offices of George R. Tuttle, A.P.C. 1100 Larkspur Landing Circle, Suite 385 Larkspur, CA 94939 Direct: (415) 288-0428 Cell: 254-5986 Firm: (415) 986-8780 Fax: […]
