A freight-forwarder / 3PL in Europe accepts defective returns on behalf of their customer, a U.S. manufacturer, then consolidates and ships to the U.S. on a weekly basis. Values on shipping documentation show their U.S. customer’s internal transfer pricing. The freight forwarder references themselves as the shipper on both the invoice and bills of lading. […]
I have some questions regarding plastic reusable pallets: * If product is imported on a plastic reusable pallet, does the value of the pallet need to be shown on the commercial invoice? * Is duty paid on the pallet? I believe this may be related to the Incoterm used but not sure. * If the […]
Question: I would like to ask the membership what should be the correct entered value for the below scenario? US Company issues a domestic purchase order to a US supplier. The US supplier places the order to an overseas manufacturer and ships directly to the US company and the US company is the IOR. The […]
Our company has hired a global procurement consultant to help find suppliers and savings by purchasing overseas. They will be paid a percentage of the actual savings for any new supplier they set up for us for the next 3 years. Will the payment to the consultant for the savings be an assist or a […]
The company entered into an agreement with a chip manufacturer to use their patented digital technology in a high definition radio, and was required to sign a non-exclusive intellectual property license agreement, within which was contained a section discussing royalties. One paragraph in this sections reads “In exchange for the license grants to Licensee, Licensee […]
Our purchasing group issues a PO and authorizes the payment of an extra charge for tooling. Our Customs group subsequently declares the tooling against the import entries. Later, it is determined that the vendor never invoiced us for the extra charge and purchasing is wanting to close w/o paying the vendor for the extra charge. […]
We import a raw material which is used to manufacturer a product which becomes US origin. Duty is paid on the raw material upon importation. The finished product is eligible for manufacturing drawback when exported. Question: We want to send some of the finished product abroad to be improved in value but will not result […]
Question: I am looking for case studies that show a US company’s liability when they ship product overseas and prepare low value invoices at the request of their overseas customers. Assuming the US company would have liability with the receiving country’s customs authorities? We have suspicion that this is being done in our industry by […]
QUESTION ON REBATES FROM FOREIGN VENDORS; I would like to know how other companies are handling with Customs getting rebates from foreign vendors. What are their company procedures regarding how this is done? We are looking into receiving rebates at the end of the fiscal year for certain products that have high duties.
9802.00.40 WARRANTY REPAIR VALUE: I have a question about what value to declare for a product that was imported once, exported and re-imported after being repaired under warranty and re-imported under 9802.00.40. If I originally paid $100 for the item and the repairs are worth $20, I know the dutiable value under the Chapter 1-97 […]
Question: I am writing a procedure for 13+ international sites to reference when entering a warranty order and detailing value for customs. – the product is shipping to the related party. I suggest we use the cost (mfg or purchased price). – if the product is shipping direct to the customer and they will see […]
I would like to know how other companies are handling with Customs getting rebates from foreign vendors. What are their company procedures regarding how this is done? We are looking into receiving rebates at the end of the fiscal year for certain products that have high duties.
