QUESTION: Does anyone know if it’s legal to export cars (including new and used) from U.S. to China? There were some articles on the website saying it was illegal to export luxury cars into China. ———————– ANSWER: Depends on what you mean by illegal and which country’s laws you are referring too. In the […]
QUESTION: If exports from the US are sold by an *offshore* legal entity, who would be the USPPI? —————————— ANSWERS: A bit more information needed. But assuming you (in Us) selling goods to offshore entity, then you are still the USPPI and the value invoiced to the offshore entity is the basis of the export […]
QUESTION: We are in the process of bringing our export filing in-house, and I wanted to benchmark how other members handle the collection of accurate (or even semi-accurate) inland door-to-port freight charges. We export under a variety of different scenarios. For example, we may… ship on our contracts on a door to port basis, […]
QUESTION: Currently, all of our export transactions that ship from the U.S. have a DCS (destination control statement) on the Commercial Invoice. A portion of our U.S. origin products are sold to a related party and warehoused in Europe for subsequent exports in Europe as well as outside of Europe. Should a DCS be used […]
QUESTION: Has any once noticed that automated emails are no longer being generated by ACE when direct export filings are made? Previously we received an automate email with subject line AES Direct Filing – Shipment Ref #. Email auto generation stopped for us beginning 12/1 and ACE support responded that no changes were made […]
QUESTION: Company A is an U.S. manufacturer for ITAR or EAR controlled items, and has ITAR registration. Company B is a foreign customer. Company C is a U.S. company and is Company B’s broker and exporter of record. If Company A knows that Company C does not has proper export licenses and A has informed […]
QUESTION: It has always been my opinion that software downloads from the US to another country are considered “exports”. That is, if I sell software to someone I know is outside the US, and the buyer downloads it from my US site, that transaction is an export by me. If that is true, […]
QUESTION: In applying for a US Export License for 3A001 ADCs to China the End User states that they cannot provide complete product specifications for the electronics assembly they are building because of IPR concerns. Is this a Red Flag? The documentation provided showed a block diagram with English translation showing the ADCs […]
QUESTION: There is a debate with regard to import of Foreign Classified ITAR controlled technical data.We have one person that says a DSP-85 is required. DSP-85 by definition is “Application/License for permanent/temporary export or temporary import of classified defense articles and related technical data”.You cannot truly temporarily import technical data. I assume the intent of […]
QUESTION: My company sells/transfers product from our U.S. entity to our Mexican entity. The U.S. entity delivers the products to a warehouse in Laredo, TX, where an agent hired by the Mexican entity consolidates the shipments into a container that periodically crosses into Mexico. The agent’s contract is with the Mexican entity. The agent arranges […]
QUESTION: Does anyone have an Export 101 Presentation they could share for a new to export / exporter? ========== Answer: https://www.bis.doc.gov/index.php/compliance-a-training/export-administration-regulations-training/online-training-room ======================== Addl Answers: Also seehttps://www.export.gov/Export-Education ========== ========== You may wish to check out www.export.gov – Export Education tab – Basic Guide To Exporting book plus several videos and webinars All Free
QUESTION: I need to explain internally to the business why we cannot be the IOR for every country we ship to. We are a manufacturer and distribute our products through foreign distributors globally. However, we often want to send field test units or warranty replacement units directly to the end-user and would like to be […]
