Question: I am working on an Export Compliance policy. Our products do not require a license. Has anyone in the membership considered this scenario in their Export Compliance policy? How do you handle this type of scenario? I am trying to determine if we need to modify our export filing based what the consignee shows […]
Question: Pursuant to 19 CFR 111.1 “Customs Business” is defined as not including a Corporate Compliance Activity. Would the following scenario equate to a Customs Broker undertaking a Corporate Compliance Activity ? Foreign supplier (China for example) provides documents (commercial invoice, packing list, etc) to the Customs Brokers foreign office, to make an ocean freight […]
Question: I have been hired to create a trade compliance program for a midsize import / export company. To my surprise, there isn’t a centralized department nor does senior management understand the fundamentals. I am looking for a big statement of what trade compliance is……something along the lines of Trade compliance is the bridge between […]
Question: Our Compliance Department is currently reviewing and revamping our Import Compliance Manual and SOPs. Our SOPs have a three-tiered structure. Level 1 is a high level overview of a process. Level 2 SOP are process flow charts. Level 3 SOP are the step-by-step how-to instructions. Our previous Compliance Manager signed off on all of […]
Question: I have been hired to create a trade compliance program for a midsize import / export company. To my surprise, there isn’t a centralized department nor does senior management understand the fundamentals. I am looking for a big statement of what trade compliance is……something along the lines of Trade compliance is the bridge between […]
Question: I’d like to address my question to those ICPA members who have a large trade compliance organization consisting of various and separately run businesses with corporate oversight. We are a large global company with more than 20 business units in the US and more than 30 outside the US. Each business unit has their […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have instructions for filing a PSC in ACE that they are willing to share? *************
Question: Looking for tips on how to best make a name for myself with my new company (~$500M annual sales, plants all over the globe). Can the experts advise how best to become as effective as quickly possible with the ocean and air logistics in my new company? What would be the […]
Question: We have put into place some good internal controls to ensure we are compliant with CBP regs. 1) We conduct a 100% pre-entry review of all shipments and our import operations team corrects any errors we find so that the data that goes to the broker and CBP is accurate. This […]
Question: We are a medium-sized business and we have recently started shipping more to foreign countries (UK & Singapore most recently). Our product line is fairly simple and straightforward, we don’t ship a large variety of things. I would like to get some initial training scheduled for someone in our organization to become familiar […]
QUESTION: I have been following the exchange that has taken place recently with respect to Post Entry auditing. The information comments and information shared has been very enlightening. I was wondering if the membership would share some of their metrics so that we can get an appreciation for some critical benchmarks. For instance […]
Question: I am battling with certain members of our in-house counsel regarding standard export-import compliance terms. My position is that we should include such terms in every contract, however, certain in-house counsel do not want to have a standard export-import compliance contract term for fear that, as a service provider, it will “scare” […]
