Question: Filer USPPI Routed Who is repsonsible/liable if non-compliant? Agent 1 USA 1 Yes Agent 1 USA 1 No If the USPPI gave incorrect data (ex. Sch B) to the agent for a routed shipment what should the USPPI do? Who is liable? If the USPPI gave incorrect data (ex. Sch B) […]
Question: Occassionally our subsidiaries in Canada and Mexico request spare parts that are normally exported from our US Parts Distribution Centers (PDCs). If our PDCs cannot fulfill the order, our US vendors of those parts will ship direct to the CA/MX subsidiaries. In this scenario, our US based company buys the part and sells to […]
Question: If a forwarder has been performing AES filings for a USPPI without a valid POA, what are the possible enforcement actions? Any impact on the USPPI? The regs clearly say you have to have one, but I’m not clear on what they can do about it if you don’t. If you have a POA, […]
Question: I’ve spent half the day on the Census website looking for answer to this question: Is it acceptable to file AES by invoice line item? Example: line item 1 = tariff code 123, value $5,000; line item 2 = (same) tariff code 123, value $5,000. The “normal” way to file AES is to add […]
Question: We provide the selling value, inland freight, and forwarding fees as our Value for the EEI filed by the forwarder. If our inland move is to a final US port of export, then I instruct others the value we provide for the EEI should match during the audit of the AES record from the […]
Question: >From my understanding, when you send a truck shipment to Mexico, the US long haul carrier drops off the shipment at the border and there is a drayage company that picks up the freight on the US side and carries it across to the Mexican long haul carrier. When reporting the carrier information in […]
Question:I have a question for the membership. We recently attended a workshop at alocal freight forwarder and the topic of AES filing was brought up in thecontext of if you have an export shipment of two items both with the sameSchedule B number. Item # 1 is valued at $ 2000.00 with and is classifiedas […]
Question: I would like to hear how exporters are handling AES filing when thecommercial sale quantity of product is measured differently than the AESUoM reporting requirements. For example, some of our products sell by thecase but the AES reportable UoM may be “pieces”, “eaches” or “Dozen”, or “Kg”or even “X”. Did trade compliance work with […]
Question:I was wondering if any other members have noticed that the monthly compliance reports that your receive from AES show discrepancies in number of shipments by month? For example: We got a report for June that shows our previous 2 months of activity. When we crossed referenced our May report, it showed a difference of […]
Question: Hello membership, does anyone have a real life AES horror story thatinvolves fines or penalties?
Question:Anyone know why DDTC exemption 123.4(b) is valid in the drop down list in AES as a valid (export) “license type”? This exemption by definition only covers the importation to the USA, not the subsequent re-exportation.
Question: I saw posted in the Answer db that someone reviews the filings for their EIN, which were performed by various forwarders, via a report from Census. How can I obtain that data from Census for our USPPI EIN? I calledAESDirect help desk and Census help desk and staff there told me it was not […]
