Question: Our foreign supplier ships to the US to their own FTZ for storage. When our company needs the parts, they do a zone to zone transfer. If our company wasn’t the importer of record, legally, can the product transfer out of the foreign suppliers zone? Answers:
Question: We are a large retailer/distributor with a product base across a broad spectrum of commodities/HTS and looking to use Direct Distribution FTZ Sub-Zone(s) to facilitate DC operations. For any members that currently have these operations in place, I would appreciate some feedback on the following: Did you utilize an outside consultant to totally plan […]
Question:I would like to know what the opinion is as to ADD items placed in a FTZ. Is there an option of whether they are admitted as privileged or non-privileged and at the time of withdrawal, what would be the applicable ADD rate to be paying Customs, the ADD rate at time of Admission or […]
Question: Is it possible to re-open an FTZ entry? Originally received instructions to export goods in the FTZ so a T&E was issued but now customer has changed their mind and want to export a different lot and return the other material to the FTZ.Answer:
We’re looking into the possibility of operating a FTZ. Because our goods are finished when imported, our biggest advantage would be the weekly duty payment which allows us to cap our MPF each week. Are any other members utilizing FTZs just for the MPF advantage? If we were to consider that, do you have any […]
We have a customer here in the states that purchases product directly from us in the states. We purchase this material from our foreign affiliate on a CIP basis. We would like for the customer to continue to purchase this product directly from us instead of going straight to our foreign affiliate so we can […]
Relative to the new CBP directive # 3240-036A, which becomes effective on Monday, October 20, 2003, what are the local CBP offices saying regarding how they will administer procedure 6.3? This has the potential to cause significant delays and could require changes to a company’s weekly estimated withdrawal procedures. Also, there is new language in […]
Has anyone looked at Regla Octava in Mexico versus using Maquilla or Pitex? Can anyone point me in the right direction that can help me make an educated decision?
Would appreciate some advice for this “fictionalized” transaction. The importer uses the FTZ to manufacture specialty vehicles. Engines are imported and placed in the FTZ; however, a box of spare parts is also shipped with the engine. The parts are used during the installation of the engine and to attach the engine to the vehicle. […]
Has anyone a procedure you can share on entry and withdrawals? Both privileged and non-privileged merchandise? There is some assembly taking place in the zone using both foreign and domestic components for shipment from the zone to both related and unrelated US third parties. There’s also some same condition shipments shipped same condition.
The importer brings in a large pump. With the pump comes a lot of loose parts that are eventually used to attach the pump to a larger machine. The loose parts come with part numbers and recently the vendor started assigning values to the parts. The vendor used to just lump the cost of the […]
Question: Does anyone have a company policy, work instructions or some sort of training guide for company employees regarding FTZ?
