Import

Question: Does anyone have a more recent version of the US import Guide? The one wehave is 2005 vintage.

Question: It has recently come to my attention that some of my international officesare dividing single shipments (of 10 widgets, say) into multiple shipments(5 shipments of 2 widgets each) in order to avoid customs formalities /licensure / permit requirements that would apply at destination if theshipment was sent as a single shipment.  I put the […]

Question:We are currently importing product into the US without batteries.  I was recently informed that we will begin inserting the batteries (4 x D’s) during production in China.  Can any on advice what (if any) declarations will have to be made to US Customs or any other government agency when importing products with batteries into […]

Question:We are a US company that makes products for the food industry.  We do not produce food, only components used by the food industry to manufacture and sell their products.   Occasionally, we need to import food products into the US to determine how our product can be used with that particular food.  We recently attempted […]

Question: Question for the membership… I was looking through the regs forestablishing an Importer number and came across a section on “freezing”, andwanted to make sure I am understanding it correctly.  Is that justdesignating an alternate address than what is shown on the 5106 for customscorresopndence?  If not what would be the benefit of doing […]

Question:Situation: Our Mexico and Canada subsidiaries often need to return/bring things into the US  where we, the US owner, are not party to the transaction. For example – Our MX company returns empty air cylinders to the Texas vendor for the deposit money. Our Canada company sends equipment to a repair company in Ohio ( […]

Question:   Are there specific countries were these types of imports would require an import license or additional information outside of typical requirements:   TSCA cert’s, LOI (letter of intended use), USDA letter addressing BSE/TSE statements (in the event gelatin capsules were used to encapsulate the drug product), and the IND#  (as the only valid AOC […]

Question: Does anyone in the membership have a process or procedure for importingon a consignment basis that they would be willing to share?

Question: My colleague and myself are US licensed customs brokers reporting to alogistics mgr with limited understanding of US Customs regs. Until recentlywe have been employed by one of the subsidiaries (“subsidiary A”) of the USholding company for an MNC, and performed compliance activities for anotherUS subsidiary (“subsidiary B”). As we have been preparing to […]

Question: A number of my friends and co-workers want to support an army squad’s desireto bring their young dog home from Afghanistan. I’ve read the newspaperstories about the extreme lengths people have gone to in the cases ofsoldiers & friends’ families doing this after a tragic loss of life, so Iknow it is possible. This […]

Question:Can the membership offer any advice/suggestions on how to arrange drop shipments via the courier/small package providers?  Our biggest challenge is ensuring the proper documentation is submitted and used for the entry (our company should be listed as IOR) but preventing our cost from reaching our end customer.   We are responsible for the import (may […]

Question:We are importing product that is sensitive to temperature. We have been advised that our freight will have thermic sheets, valued at $10 each covering each pallet over the winter season. Also included the shipment will be temperature recorders valued at $50 each that will record the temperature from the time the product leaves the […]