Question: We currently have an “international” note which is manually entered for any international purchase orders. It’s fairly lengthy and attempts to generally define our import requirements to vendors including marking, proper valuation, US HTS, ISF, etc. If our compliance team makes changes to the note, a completely new note and name has to be […]
Question: We are inundated with requests for certificates of origin, not freetrade agreement certificates of origin. When we ask about the reason for the request for this document, we hear that it is just standard practice to request it and more often than not the document itself ends up in a file and is not […]
We have upward of 3000 loads per year from our US parent company to our US sister company who acts as NRI into Canada. One CHB clears all the loads into Canada. We use SAP to generate all our customs invoices and either SAP or WMS to generate our BOLs. We also use a […]
I have a heavy question for the membership. Our company has company-owned branch sales offices located around the world. In some particular countries, we require a standard end use statement, on company letterhead and signed by a company official, to be filled out detailing what exactly the customer will be doing with the product prior […]
Can shipping documents for an export shipment from CN to EU show?: 1) Ocean BOL = Shipper/Exporter: ABC “Chinese” company in China Port 2) Commercial Invoice = Exporter: DEF “American” company in the US 3) Packing List = ABC “Chinese” company in a China Port
I have some concern on how our freight forwarder is presenting our cargo descriptions to our ocean carriers, which is used to generate our ocean bills of lading. What are the specific legal requirments on cargo descriptions?
Can the membership recommend any seminars on Letters of Credit and Import Documentation being offered on the East Coast?
Our purchasing dept when issuing a purchase order to a foreign supplier (who may be an affilate) does nothing different than when they issue that PO to a US company supplier. My question is, what kind of information would you want to see on your PO for items being purchased outside of the US ? […]
We are about to import a knitted garment that was previously classified as 6110.30.3059. The previous shipments were manufactured in Australia thus quota did not apply. I also have ruling # NY M84833 on this style and Customs ruled this garment was not constructed by that particular manufacturer as per note 6. Customs also mistakenly […]
We do ocean shipping with containers being delivered to our warehouse from the rail. Trucker of choice bills broker who marks up bill and bills me. I am switching to the trucker sending their freight bills directly to my freight payment center and saving money. Broker says they no longer need to issue a DO […]
A general question on the need/requirements for packing lists. We’ve always requested a packing list from our vendors as part of the required document package. Our customs broker has approached us to ask if they need to continue to make sure that this documents is including, citing that it’s not a customs requirement. Do other […]
Does anyone have the Instructions (English Language) on how to fill in a Certificate of Origin applicable to U.S. CAFTA -DR? I have the Spanish Version however in need to train English Speaking Parties on how to implement. Thank you,
