Export

Questions and answers about Export

  • EDI DESTINATION CONTROL STATEMENT

    Question: With regards to the Destination Control Statement (DCS), which “must be entered on the invoice and on the bill of lading…export control document that accompanies the shipment from its point of origin in the United States to the ultimate consignee and end-user abroad” ; We provide DCS on PDF/paper invoices. However, some customers receive […]

  • TAIWAN EXPORT LAWS

    Question: I am looking for an English version of the Taiwan export control laws/regs. Specifically, I am looking for the penalty provisions showing how penalties are determined and the penalty amounts that can be assessed. ****************

  • EXPORT INVOICES Addt’l answers

    Question: We are currently working on being able to show our systems on a commercial invoice in what would be considered a configured material or parent/child configuration.  The current discussion is how to show additional items such as spare parts.    Spare parts in this case are defined as any item which may be included […]

  • EXPORT INVOICES

    Question: We are currently working on being able to show our systems on a commercial invoice in what would be considered a configured material or parent/child configuration.  The current discussion is how to show additional items such as spare parts.    Spare parts in this case are defined as any item which may be included […]

  • AUSTRALIAN WOOD IMPORTS Addt’l answers

    Question: We are shipping products to Australia that contain wood, for example wooden bowls (including some that may be food contact), folding chairs with wooden frames, jewelry boxes, etc.   We are being told that import restrictions into Australia for items containing wood are very strict, and such products will require fumigation in order to […]

  • EXPORT RULING

    Question: Is there an equivalent process to a customs ruling request that I can deploy to Commerce to get an answer on who the exporter of record should be for a given scenario?  I keep getting mixed answers from a variety of credible sources and the more I dig into this, the more I realize […]

  • AUSTRALIAN WOOD IMPORTS

    Question: We are shipping products to Australia that contain wood, for example wooden bowls (including some that may be food contact), folding chairs with wooden frames, jewelry boxes, etc.   We are being told that import restrictions into Australia for items containing wood are very strict, and such products will require fumigation in order to […]

  • ARGENTINA AND VENEZUELA SHPIPING

    Question: Our company exports to Argentina and Venezuela.  Our affiliates in Argentina and Venezuela process the import license applications.  For the import license applications, we are required to provide them a pro-forma invoice with a breakdown of the FOB Value, Freight, and total CPT Value.  Can someone from the membership with AR and VE imports […]

  • EXPORT DATA RISK ASSESSMENT

    Question: There are several risk mitigation reviews taking place in my organization.  I was tasked to look at our export process for information exchange.  For example: We are a US company and have servers in Penang, Malaysia and Toronto, Canada, that store US EAR export controlled data.  The owners of the data most of the […]

  • EXPORT IDENTIFICATION

    Question: Was curious if the following scenario is considered an “export”. 1.       U.S. Citizen works full time in our Maquila operation in MX. 2.       U.S. location has a customer drawing subject to the EAR (pending ECCN from customer). 3.       U.S. location must allow U.S. Citizen in MX to review the drawing to determine if the […]

  • KORUS ENTRY THRESHOLD

    Question: Article 7.7  ( Express Shipments ) of the Korean-US  Free Trade Agreement states that “{ ..} no customs duties or taxes will be  assessed on, nor will formal entry documents be required for, express shipments valued at 200 U.S. dollars or less.” This section, however, does not clarify if this applies to only products […]