In the agreements guidelines it states (p. 36) that a “letter of explanation” must be attached to license applications for hardware in furtherance of a TAA. This letter apparently is to contain the log of previous quantity/value/license #s to date that have shipped on the TAA. It also says to attach the full TAA and […]
My law firm has advised that if we have catalog product, and as a course of doing business, have all of the sales prints of our catalog products available through our web site, then it becomes public domain. In this approach, if we create a new product and put it in the catalog, even if […]
Hello, My question surrounds Hiring Foreign Nationals in China. We will need to secure export licenses from Commerce to share technology. Part of the license is for a tour when the Chinese nationals come to visit. So far I have identified the type of technology by ECCN. It also looks like I need a letter […]
I am getting conflicting information from one of my “paid” resources and from various foreign customers on whether our Export invoices need to be in the country of imports language or have a translation below the English text. My source identified the following: These are the list of countries that require commercial invoices to be […]
We are shipping to Russia for the first time in a very long time and customer has asked the following” “We would ask you to send us instead the US equivalent of the GOST (= State Standard of RF) Certificate of Conformance to the International Standards.” I do not know what certificate they are wanting, […]
Our company is in the process of formally documenting our export processes. Does anyone have a template that they would be willing to share or know where we could find one? We obtained an excellent import manual template that we are currently working to finalize.
Is a mock-up/model of a defense article treated as HARDWARE, i.e. you export under a DSP-5 or DSP-73, and file AES, OR is it treated as TECHNICAL DATA, i.e. using a DSP-5 or exemption, and hence no AES required? This question also effects USML classification of the mock-up, i.e. is it VIII(h) or VIII(i). I’ve […]
Bit of a lame question, but once you receive an approved TAA back from State and need to gather signatures, I know it is permissible to have each part sign their own page to expedite things along. Is there anything special each signature page must contain? Just the TAA # and the party’s signature? So […]
If a company exports servers to another country for use in its own operations, is an export license required? If the company were to transfer the equipment to a third party (for exporting) then would it only be responsible for screening the party or would it still be on the hook for the license?
Recently we started doing business with a developer (for our software) in Moscow, Russia….since we have not had much experience in the past with exporting to Russia, would someone please advise as to a good resource for information as to import requirements by Russian Customs, some common pitfalls to be aware of, etc.? We are […]
Has anyone in the membership received either a CJ response or other advice from the State Department concerning jurisdiction of interface drawings or 3-D models? These are drawings/models that show the external size and shape of a defense article and the connectors (e.g., holes for fasteners, wires), but no assembly or production information. The drawings/models […]
How do members handle situations where U.S. Export license requirements (for example no P.O. boxes) conflict with business practices/registrations on the receiving end? For example, we have a number of locations where the local entity registration is in fact a Post Office box. In the past when we refused to address shipping documents to a […]
