Question: For those of you who use freight forwarders to file your EEI, how do you provide / recommend to provide the required data elements to the forwarder? I’m specifically thinking about HTS/Schedule B classifications and origin – these aren’t standard fields on our invoices. Do you use a different approach for standard vs. […]
Question: Is an EEI filing required on controlled licensable goods that export under a license exception and have a value of less than 2500.00? ==========
Question: We often sell to a domestic customer which asks us to export directly on their behalf. When I see this, I ask if we are shipping to a repair shop/maintenance facility for them or if our domestic customer is selling the product as part of the transaction. If it is sold, I let […]
Question: We have hundreds of parts/equipment being used to support offshore activities which will be returned to the US(within 1 year of export) Note: A Carnet cannot be used to this particular country. Instead of calling out 40+ HTS’, is there an export provision that allows for the use of Tools 40+ of Trade? […]
Question: I’m building an export compliance program. When your forwarders do your AES filing for you, do you request copies of the actual EEI data that they submit? If so, in what format do they return it to you? Right now, I only ask for the ITN so I know it was, […]
Question: I am being told by our forwarder that shipments for the US Embassy in Costa Rica require a special process that takes about 3 weeks. Has anyone heard of this and, if so, what is the process or program that adds 3 weeks? ==========
Question: We have hundreds of parts/equipment being used to support offshore activities which will be returned to the US(within 1 year of export) Note: A Carnet cannot be used to this particular country. Instead of calling out 40+ HTS’, is there an export provision that allows for the use of Tools of Trade? According to […]
Question: With the increasing use of software downloads as opposed to physical shipments in the IT industry, a question is what actually constitutes the export? If the “bits” are downloaded or pre-installed in a hardware device but remain in a dormant and unusable state until they are activated at a later time, usually […]
Question: According to a conversation I had with Census, a routed transaction is a routed transaction when the foreign party is contracting the forwarder (routing the shipment), this is the only requirement to for an export to be a routed transaction. Under a routed transaction either the U.S Agent (forwarder) or the USPPI […]
Question: A US government agency will ask various companies for donations (say clothing). The US government agency will instruct the donator to ship the clothing to their service provider, who will manage the storage, cleaning, folding, and shipping of the clothing. A foreign charity needing clothing makes contact with the US government agency. […]
Question: I’m trying to convince management why it’s better to use HTS’ for both Export and Import vs. maintaining a separate Schedule B list. I’m being told this is what “Census wants” and they’re moving forward to a Schedule B only requirement for export. I’m looking for industry best practice/consensus and if […]
Question: Our invoices currently have a BILL TO or SOLD TO field and a SHIP TO field. For export, our terms are generally FCA, with the SOLD TO field listing the foreign customer’s billing address, and the SHIP TO field listing the freight forwarder’s address in the US where the goods are dropped […]
