QUESTION: We do a lot of business that involves a freight forwarder recipient in the US that we know will export the goods (which are typically EAR99). I’d like to be able to track those destinations, but our “ship-to” address on record is within the US. Unless the “sold-to” or “bill-to” addresses are in the […]
How do I know if we can partake in option 4 filing? Is there an application process, or are we automatically approved to do so unless revoked? ========== Answers: Read the info: https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/gettingstarted/postdeparture.html . You cannot, unless you are already approved. The program was suspended by Census years ago – no new applicants, only those […]
QUESTION: Advise if there is a specific general code that can be used when sending items such as (toy airplane, pool vest, beach towels, books and plastic kid dishes)to someone in the Air Force in the UK or do you have to supply individual codes? I can not imagine that no one else has […]
QUESTION: I would like to know whether we need to report a change in status of the FN holding the Deemed Export License when their VISA status changes, or that the FN is now a permanent residents of the United States, or is now a U.S. Citizen while their deemed export license is still active […]
QUESTION: How important is the (what I call) HTS-6 (in lieu of the Schedule B) and the country of origin (especially if there’s no FTA) on a commercial invoice when one is exporting from the US? With regard to the former, should the commercial invoice have, instead, that country’s 10-digit number (ostensibly given by the […]
QUESTION: My company is making a sale of used, trade-in laptops to another U.S. company who will then be wiping the laptops and selling to another party. This U.S. company has told me that some of the sales will be to customers in the U.K. The U.S. company will serve as the EOR in this […]
QUESTION: We are being advised by our customs broker/freight forwarder that a truck bill of lading is not required for export clearance from the US to Mexico and for import clearance from Mexico to the US. In addition, they are stating no truck bill of lading is required for recordkeeping purposes. Can someone please clarify […]
QUESTION: We are giving a presentation on export controls and we’d like to add some humor to the presentation as this is their annual update. Please provide any funny (yet appropriate) resources, pictures, comic strips, videos, PPT slides for us to use/modify? We’d like to make fun of ourselves if at all possible. ========== […]
QUESTION: I am new at my company and I am investigating export compliance for MX shipments. I have reason to believe that EEI is not being filed for any of our MX exports. All of which are routed export transactions; most of these are being picked up from a warehouse in Laredo and then exported. […]
QUESTION: So I know that EEI filing for technology (intangible/electronic transmission) isn’t required , the technology in question involves encryption (ECCN 5E002) and is under license exception (ENC); the export is to another foreign subsidiary. My question is : How’s such transaction documented? Are there best practices for such transactions? Any info or […]
QUESTION: We are a foreign entity located in Mexico and manufacture EAR600 as well as ITAR goods, the US customer does have a BIS license as well as DDTC licenses in place and we are listed on these licenses. My question is: if the foreign Mexican entity sends tech. data to a US supplier for further […]
QUESTION: We have a US owned China entity that sells to a China customer. The China customer takes this US uncontrolled article and assembles it into their product and then sells to a US sanctioned, comprehensive embargoed country. No US content is in the item we sell, but we do have an expatriate living in […]
