Import

Gray Market or Parallel Imports I would like to ask the membership of how Gray Market or Parallel Imports are handled within their own organization. Can best practices be provided for handling of these unauthorized shipments.

We have approximately 5000 entries per year (or 80% of imports) from our Maquila operation in Mexico. Our company used to have a Customs Compliance Department near the Mexican border (the satellite office still exists along with supply management, purchasing, engineering, etc., but since has since moved the Customs compliance department to a mid-western state. […]

Today I received an Order to Transfer Merchandise for Public Auction for product that has been GO since last December. What courses of action do we have available to us? If we are able to retrieve the merchandise are there fines and penalties to acquire our merchandise? Also, is anyone aware of a way to […]

Our company uses a carrier that offers a consolidated clearance logistics product allowing you to group several shipments destined for one country into a single consolidated shipment. This enables consolidated customs clearance using a single importer of record and then the individual packages go straight to the customer. However, we have faced roadblocks when trying […]

We import industrial components into the US from several countries into consigned inventory locations. Payment terms are triggered when the goods are pulled from the consigned inventory location. Recently, we’ve run into transactions from India and China, which we have been told have requirements that the vendor be paid within a set time from export. […]

Scenario… a foreign owned and flagged Boeing 737 flies over to the USA, makes a refueling stop in another foreign nation prior to arriving in the USA. It’s a ferry flight with only employees and/or crew on board. The purpose is the aircraft is being used domestically for seasonal charters by US companies for both […]

Does anyone here know the Customs requirement and the standard procedure for charitable importation to USA. Thank you!

My company is now in discussions about the possibility of going to a Vendor Managed Inventory process with our related foreign vendor. The vendor would be required to keep a set supply of inventory at our facility in the US. Title would transfer when the item is pulled from the storage location. Is there anyone […]

I have had a question come up concerning aluminum and aluminum alloys that we import and the requirement of 141.89 – for additional information on the invoice for these classes of material. With material that is 99.92% pure – do we need to list the elements – and their percentages – that make up the […]

I work for a brick and mortar retailer who has just started direct importing. The quickest way to acheive savings has been to step in with existing vendors and pick up the goods FOB origin. Most vendors have allowed us to do this and it has worked well for the most part. But some of […]

Our company is in the process to produce an Import Compliance Manual. For those that have already accomplished this task, how long did it take? How many professionals were fully dedicated to get it done?

Our company is in the process to produce an Import Compliance Manual. For those that have already accomplished this task, how long did it take? How many professionals were fully dedicated to get it done? Asked on 03.29.2008 We have an Import Department of 4 people. The step by step procedure portion of the manual […]