• Export License requirement from UK mainland to Gibraltar

    Question: Good afternoon, Does anyone know if UK export control applies for shipment from UK mainland to Gibraltar? Currently we export non dual-use goods, but we may export such products in the future. Many thanks. Answer 1: Export control does apply for export from the UK to Gibraltar. On SPIRE you can verify this by […]

  • EU HS Codes

    Question: We are a US exporter and have a customer requesting that we list EU HS codes (provided by the customer) on the documents. Is there a specific law that requires this? Would you have any concerns doing this? In our current state, we do not have the bandwidth to actively monitor these codes for […]

  • Foreign-to-foreign shipments

    Question: Our US company purchased a container of wood from Germany and sold it to a company in the UAE.  Our purchasing terms with the German company were CIF-UAE port, meaning that the German company would bear all costs to ship it to the UAE port. However, we later found out that our company was […]

  • Export invoice cost

    Question: Question: Order is received from a US Company to a US Company – Invoice shows Sold to: US company – Ship to Israel Customer ask documents to be created by “us” the US company to show sold to: Israel Customer & ship to Israel Customer (based on values no EEI was required) it looks […]

  • 3PL and invoices for export

    Question: When using a 3PL warehouse for storage and shipping of your goods – who does the invoices when you have export shipment? Do you as the USPPI prepare invoice and send it to the 3PL for them to use? Do they as 3PL have authorization to generate invoice on your behalf showing your company […]

  • Can a U.S. company become an exporter from overseas?

    Question: Dear Members, We are an U.S. entity.    We have a supplier in Japan (Supplier J).  We purchase/import their products to the U.S., and distribute to end users in the U.S. We have a prospective customer in Singapore (Customer S) who would like to purchase the product that is sold by Supplier J.     We would […]

  • Electronic invoice

    Question: For those that do electronic invoicing for shipments through FedEx, DHL, UPS, etc, how do you handle recordkeeping.  Do you also have the system generate a pdf of the invoice for you to keep. Answer 1: When I worked for Nippon Express, after I completed the file/give to the billing department, processed the billing […]

  • Export AES filing when shipping to a distributor or reseller

    Question: Hello: Our company sells to distributors and resellers when shipping to certain international locations. Do we need to report both the distributor and end-user when filing our export declarations? Thank you in advance for your response! Answer 1: The consignee/ship to party/distributor = ultimate consignee in EEI/AES, assuming you are in fact SHIPPING to […]

  • USPPI

    Question: We export product from several locations that we either own or lease. The exporter/seller on our paperwork shows our corp office, and the shipping location is also noted (different address, never the corp office). Our forwarder uses the p/u location as the USPPI. Is that ok to do? Shouldn’t it be the corp address […]

  • Export T&E

    Question: We have a shipment going direct from Canada supplier to Australia through the port of New York.   We are using a T&E (through a bonded carrier) to get it to the port for shipping.  We own the product from the supplier’s door.  Invoice from Canada supplier is to US company who in turn invoices […]

  • Hand Carries

    Question: Members For organizations that do business in China, how are you managing the hand carry of company laptops, electronic tablets, and cell phones since the ECCN (Export Control Classification Number) designation is 5A992 which requires an EEI filing?  Do you require employees to report when they are travelling with these items and file an […]

  • ORIGINAL BL and Telex

    Question: Does anyone have a good resource for explaining the difference between an express release, telex release, and releasing original BLs at destination, and the difference between the latter two. Are there any countries that will not allow an original BL to be released at destination, i.e. Brazil? I’m looking for a better explanation that […]