Question: I would like to solicit advice or even sympathy on reporting MID’s forimported textiles. As a textile importer we are well aware of therequirement to report the manufacturer name and address of the origin conferring producer (assembly for apparel, fabric forming for non-apparel). We have a Canadian warehouse where we stock product to more […]
Question: To all current ISF filers, As a filer ourselves, we are seeking industry feedback regarding the scenario below. Interested to find out how the industry is currently addressing this. Scenario: A Japanese supplier of automotive parts buys goods from multiple Japanese manufacturers and later combines these goods to sell to a U.S. […]
Question: If an importer has a basic importation and entry continuous bond, are any adjustments necessary for the bond requirement under the importersecurity filing? It is my understanding this bond should be sufficient. Can the membership please confirm? Does the importer need to increase the coverage? Based on the 10+2 Interim Final Rule, I believe […]
Question: I know that everyone’s situations are different but I’m experiencing a great deal of frustration with my broker/forwarder right now on ISF and I wanted to get a gauge of how other larger importers are dealing with their filings so far. A little background – we use one company as a forwarder/consolidator […]
Question: If we are considering having our various factories (not our brokers or forwarders who already have our POA’s)input all the ISF data on a web-based system that we own, and since ISF filing is apparently not considered “customs business”, has CBP addressed this issue as to requiring or not requiring a POA to other […]
Question: Because the shipments to our manufacturing plant in Mexico are purchased by the Mexican facilities, I was not aware of how they handled NAFTA certificates on their imports. Now that I am taking adding logistics to my job functions, I found out our supplies are issuing a NAFTA for each shipment with the […]
Question: Have any of the membership considered the potential onslaught of requests for IRS #’s from domestic vendors who import product on a DDP basis (aka Pre- paid), or on a Freight Collect basis? My company has its plans in place for our imports under 10+2, but are anticipating a tsunami of requests for […]
Question:We have purchased parts for which there are potentially multiple countries of origin, either because we source from a distributor, more than one vendor, or because the vendor has multiple manufacturing / sourcing locations. The majority of these parts are fulfilled from our 3PL. The dilemma is that there is only 1 COO field on […]
Question: Does anyone in the membership have a sample letter that they have sent to their foreign vendors explaining the Importers Security Filing (10+2) regulation that they would not mind sharing?
Question: I have containers routed into the US Midwest from China using a Canadian ocean port of discharge such as Prince Rupert or Vancouver. The container enters the US as a rail shipment on a through bill of lading. Is the ISF required for containers coming in by rail after discharge at a Canadian Ocean […]
Question; We believe that importers and filers will need to keep copies of their Import Security Filing (“10+2”) for both Customs recordkeeping and audit/verification purposes. Are any importers receiving detailed records of the ISF filings (including all the data filed and the CBP ISF acceptance message) from their filers?
Question: Our logistics provider electronically receives information from our suppliers at origin and transmits the broker via EDI. The broker is responsible for reviewing the ISF and filing with Customs. We were expecting to receive an additional filing fee from our broker; however we were surprised that the logistics provider also plans to charge us […]
