Export Compliance

Questions and answers about Export Compliance

  • Export Compliance Q&A 21

    Have any members had the experience of consolidating their related companies into one facility, but not consolidating the IRS #’s? How was compliance brought in in order to manage this when the different IRS #’s had different compliance groups? How were the exports shipped out especially when it was the same shipping dock?

  • Export Compliance Q&A 22

    I am looking at the new China Policy Rules. I am confused as to when I would Apply for the Validated End User Program (VEU). We used Contract Manufacutures in China. The items they recieve don’t require a license. Does the VEU only apply to when a license is required?

  • Export Compliance Q&A 23

    Our company may begin using an FTP or SFTP process to update software on machines that are located at customers throughout the world. I’m interested in identifying best practices in use by other company’s in this same situation. In particular, what are some methods to appropriately send the export control diversion statements, screen for licensing, […]

  • Export Compliance Q&A 24

    Our company has semi-finished product which we manufacture in the US and then ship to our subsidiary warehouse in China where it is stored and distributed to our customers as needed. One of our customers in Asia buys this product directly from our chinese subsidiary and then goes through a process of finishing and packaging […]

  • Export Compliance Q&A 25

    I understand that one can file a disclosure or correction for export information as done for imports. Our company does not export any merchandise that is subject to licenses or permits. Everything has fallen under EAR99. How do you determine when a correction should be filed? Do you file them for all value errors, or […]

  • Export Compliance Q&A 27

    Our company has recently purchased a distributor whose markets are mostly overseas. Our company is just about 100% domestic distribution with imported product. I am looking to find out if any of the members have an audit template for export compliance. I know on the import side I have used an abbreviated template from the […]

  • Export Compliance Q&A 28

    Can the membership advise if they keep the original housebills for their export shipments, when they also receive them scanned with a high degree of legibility and readability. I am wondering if it is necessary to keep the original. Please comment.

  • Export Compliance Q&A 29

    When using license exception ENC what data must be reported semiannually? I have been looking at the license exceptions and can not find the elements that need to be reported for any of the license exceptions.

  • Export Compliance Q&A 30

    Can anyone in the membership provide a sample of what verbiage should go into a distributor contract related to complying with US Export Regulations, specifically addressing denied parties, countries, etc? If anyone has a sample of a training presentation for distributors on US Export Regulations, that would be helpful as well.

  • Export Compliance Q&A 31

    Does anyone in the membership have an Export Screening document/checklist they’d like to share? I’d like to create some sort of a checklist for our domestic customer service dept that handles all of the exports as well. They are not well-versed and there is no intention of making them “export experts” by any means. As […]

  • Export Compliance Q&A 32

    In the spirit of ‘know your customer’, our company has a policy of requiring end use statements (statement on customer letterhead, signed by company official, stating what they’re going to use our product for) for all sales to certain countries of concern such as the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Pakistan. Our products are not […]