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 […]
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 […]
Question: Any advice that the members can give me on exporting from the US and Canada to Cameroon? I have checked out the Export.gov/US Commercial Service information (Doing Business In Cameroon Guide) but I was wondering if the members had any tips from their experience – i.e. red […]
QUESTION: We are running into challenges with shipments into Qatar, and I am wondering if anyone else has seen the same thing (and more importantly, how you were able to overcome it). We manufacture and ship a product from our facilities in the US – and it ships under a US port […]
Question: When working with a Distributor whom may export your products to Myanmar, what would be the level of due diligence you as the manufacture would need to do to ensure they remain within the limits authorized by the U.S.G? The distributor could be in the US or any other Country. Would be obtaining […]
QUESTION: Need your assistance to understand the following shipment and to determine the export responsibility. Our related company in Asia buy goods from a supplier in Mexico, the supplier would be responsible for the imports into the US and ship the goods to our consolidation center in the US. Our […]
QUESTION: The Census report we obtain provides less data for shipments identified as routed than those identified as non-routed. Data we receive for routed shipments is limited to the following fields: · State · FTZ · Exporter name, address 1, address 2, city, state, zip code, EIN · Domestic/Foreign · Commodity Description · HS […]
QUESTION: If our company sells a product to another US COMPANY, but ships the product to their freight forwarder and is aware that the product is intended for export, do we have any export responsibility / liability? Or should this be treated the same as any other domestic sale *************
Question: Hoping the membership will be willing to share their best practices regarding the scenario below. Our test fixture group is working with a domestic supplier to build test fixtures that are purchased from my company by our overseas service centers to test repaired product. These are large test fixtures and require […]
Question: What do companies require before using BIS license Exception CIV (740.5)? Do you require affirmative documentation from the consignee that it will NOT be for military end use? Or can you proceed simply based on your “knowledge”? Example: We are returning something from the USA to a supplier in China because it was […]
Question: For the members that have significant trade compliance experience with import /export process in Singapore, do you know if customs there has published something similar to “Importing into the United States”? This is a good intro guide for a new trade person. I am looking for something similar to read or do you […]
Question: US Company shipped a piece of equipment to Ukraine and is currently stuck in Ukrainian customs. The equipment does require a CE mark (self certifying). It was a German company who purchased it and it was shipped from the US to Ukraine and will stay in the Ukraine. Since the ultimate destination […]
