Export Compliance

Question:If you make rods for electrodes used for TIG (tungsten inert gas) welding should the rods be given a schedule B number of 8311.90 or 8515.90? Are these rods called TIG considered consumable or non-consumable?

Question: Are any members aware of any U.S. SCHEDULE B changes coming into effect in Jan  2010 ?

Question: Would any of you members be willing to share your corporate Exportpolicies regarding import/export and international transactions?  We’retrying not to have to recreate the wheel.  Thanks for the ideas. ================================================================ Subject: [Membership] Subject: ICPA: Answers to QUESTION ON BUILDING EXPORTPROGRAMDate: Mon, 11 May 2009 15:11:59 -0500From: “askthemembership” <askthemembership@icpainc.org>To: <membership@icpainc.org>This is a multi-part message in […]

Question:I’ve just been told that I’m responsible for the compliance of our UK office (!) and have no previous experience with UK/EU import/export.  This is a branch office that handles import and re-export of US origin articles, primarily defense, but some dual-use.  We’re working closely with our UK freight forwarder, but would like to have […]

I just had the most bizarre discussion with one of our salespeople.We have a customer in the United States who is asking us to ship product down to a broker in Laredo for transport to our Customer’s sub-contractor in Mexico. When we notified our customer that we would be invoicing them for the product and it […]

As a distributor of aircraft parts, not a manufacturer, how do you conduct your export classification process/procedure to determine whether a part is commerce controlled or military? I am primarily concerned with not understanding the “intent” of an item that could be military but seemingly commercial because it can be used on a variety of […]

Can anyone provide information on how they handle situations when asked by a company, in another country, to amend the invoice that is structured accurately for U.S. export (by value, classification, country of origin, etc.) and you don’t agree with the structuring, classification, etc. I understand that different countries have different regulations, however when accurate […]

Question: Do any of the members involved in Export Compliance carry LiabilityInsurance?  If so, how much?  Is this a personal expense or does yourcompany assume the cost? I am to be named the Corporate Export Compliance Manager in January, my background is Import (LCB), but I’m obtaining training and workingdiligently to become an Export “expert”. […]

Question: Where can I find the penalties and fines for UK compliance?  I am doing research on the BERR website (http://www.berr.gov.uk/bbf/index.html), but I can’t seem to locate their regulations which state the monetary fines and penalties for exports.

I am currently developing a basic high-level import/export compliance awareness training program to be deployed through a web-based training system. Our company has about 1200 employees here in our US operations and they are the target audience for this training. We are a major importer but do a relatively small volume of exporting. We do, […]

Just curious if anyone has “enjoyed” a recent visit from our friends in the Office of Export Enforcement of the BIS. I recall from the BIS update in DC last October that they had plans to step up these efforts throughout the remainder of the current FY. I am in the semiconductor industry and suspect […]

Is anyone using the so-called Chinese Menu option to rule out defense article / ITAR status for a baseline product that has a finite number of standard options, which are available to any buyer, when the baseline product is being configured for a military application? Configuration here means the exact combination of standard options that […]