Under the direction of a new Procurement Director, our company is looking into selecting a new 3PL. In the past, the 3PL which we have worked with was not very internationally in tune, thus we took away that piece of the business from them – they only handled our domestic freight. In fact, we found […]
A US company is importing software on CD-ROM and related user guides into Canada as a Non-Resident importer of record. The CD-ROM’s and the user guides are being stored into a third party warehouse. The value for customs is based on the replacement cost of the material ($5/CD & $10/Book). The Intellectual Value of the […]
My company has asked me to lead a team to determine the advantages and disadvantages of bringing our brokerage activities in-house. Would anyone be willing to share with me their experiences with regard to compliance, software/hardware requirements, staffing, expenses, licensing, record-keeping, etc. that they encountered during the process? I’m not sure where to begin….
Question: Does any member have a format they use to bid out their freight and / or brokerage services they would be willing to share?
Question: On Canada shipments being imported into US, we have been notified by our customs broker that they want to charge us a fee, to declare our US imports as having no FDA issues or “FDA Processing Disclaim”. Has anyone heard of this fee or is being charge this fee? Where in the Regs does […]
Question: I have a brokerage filer reflected on my ITRAC data, clearing on my company’s behalf which I am not familiar with. When I try to call them to determine what is going on, the number is disconnected. I cannot find them by searching the internet. They still show up on the broker filer list […]
Thanks to the group, I have several leads on finding a new border broker. My company has never paid much attention to broker evaluations and negotiations. They have always focused on the freight side of the transaction. So I find myself without any tools to evaluate a new supplier. If anyone has an example of […]
Question: Does anyone have a template for periodic audits they perform of their export freight forwarders?
Does anyone have a broker contract template they would be able to share with me? Our contracts have always been written for freight forwarders, with little language about brokerage. I need to generate something quickly and hope the membership can help me out.
We looking to award our southern border business to a new brokerage firm. I am not familiar with the southern border brokerage and I am looking for help in what I should be asking and checking for when interviewing the prospective broker.
Where can I find documentation for the requests from brokers/freight forwarders for the “required” IR number for the consignee?
Can someone share a POA that you use for your customs brokers? Does anyone use the POA in 141.32 (form 5291)?
