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 […]
Question: I have begun to notice that our forwarder has been filing some of our AES transaction for Routed Exports as “Yes”. When I approach them on why they were filing the routed export as “yes”, they indicated that because the shipments were collect to the customer that means the consignee is routed. […]
Question: Does anyone have an example form they have used to request permission from their foreign customer’s to file EEI on their behalf rather than their chosen freight forwarder in order to avoid routed transactions? *************
Question: Are others having difficulty when importing into Argentina? We have a sister facility there, which imports raw materials and finished goods from the US. They are now required to fill out a “sworn statement” in advance of each import of material. The sworn statement is reviewed and either approved or “observed” (which […]
Question: Are any members aware of how a company can request export data for a given period of time? I know there is a CD we can request for a fee but is there a reporting system that is similar to ACE to gather export data by EIN that members are aware of? […]
Question: At my new job I am having a debate with our internal attorneys over whether the end user must be identified for our sales to a foreign distributor. The foreign distributor buys from us in order to resell to its own customer, which is the end user. We know that the end […]
Question: How do other members handle AES/EEI record confidentiality? Our process has been to request the export bill of lading and/or air waybill upon export from the freight forwarder. In this same inquiry, we request a copy of the AES record. Then, we audit both documents to our export documents for a match. […]
Question: Are others having difficulty when importing into Argentina? We have a sister facility there, which imports raw materials and finished goods from the US. They are now required to fill out a “sworn statement” in advance of each import of material. The sworn statement is reviewed and either approved or “observed” (which […]
