Question: Do you know if there is a free website where I can review the regulations that may apply to a certain product to be imported into the USA? I want to know import restrictions to some products for restaurants, sauces, plastic cutlery, napkins, among others. Answer 1: Your US Customs broker should be able […]
Question: Hello! We are currently reviewing the Import documentation of the shipments that have been approved for our Logistic group and it was noted that the HTS codes that were approved by Compliance do not match with the HTS that were added to the 3461 & 7501 forms. Who could have changed the HTS codes? The […]
Question: We have a shipment that was sent to Singapore and we need to return small samples of the product to the US lab for quality testing purposes. I see we have 2 options to return the samples: 1) Chapter 98 US Goods Returned 2) US/Singapore FTA. Are there rules in place when you have […]
Question: The company has one IOR tax ID and multiple locations that import and export, using one tax id. We are not interested in setting up IOR with suffixes. One of our location’s addresses in the customs system shows a different tax ID. How do we update the record so multiple of our physical locations […]
Question: Looking for members guidance on best practices for choosing the parent company EIN as IOR for imports or maintain present structure of EIN number and IOR in the hand of each subsidiary. What are pros and cons of each from the logistics viewpoint as opposed to tax benefits or consequences to the parent company […]
Question: We have a multi-tiered sales transaction involving four entities and four countries and three sales. A mfr, Entity A in country A, sells to its related entity B in Country B. The goods are exported from Country A. Entity B sells to us, Entity C, which is not related to neither A nor B […]
Question: We are consolidating all our customs brokerage filing under a single customs broker, but we will continue to use different freight forwarders. If the customs broker files the ISF, there’s a reduced chance that the ISF and import entry don’t match up, but there’s an increased chance of who is to blame for a […]
Question: Can anyone advise what a section entry is in relation to US customs. We import human samples into the States and our brokers are completing section entries on this shipments. Thanks Answer 1: A “section entry” in the context of U.S. Customs typically refers to a specific type of entry made under Section 321 […]
Question: We have a customer who lists my company as the Importer of Record on their US imports without permission. We have attempted to have the entry summaries corrected, but because the customer does not have a POA on file with the broker used, they are unable to make the correction or turn the shipment […]
Question: A US customs broker cleared 2 shipments under my name and bond that should have had someone else (the shipper/exporter) as the IOR. Said broker has a POA on file for us, but again, these shipments were marked for the shipper/exporter to be the US NRI. I contacted the broker and they said “too […]
Question: When a plastic pallet is listed as a line item on an invoice for a particular item, when do you determine if the pallet is an addition to the price paid or payable or if it needs to have an HTS assigned? Answer 1: 1. Scrutinize the Invoice Description: Explicit Statements: Look for clear wording […]
Question: We put together multiple donated OTC pharmaceuticals and medical supplies as a kit or pack and donate them to our partners in various countries for different situations. For instance, we create hurricane preparedness kits for places in the Caribbean and emergency backpacks for when a disaster strikes an area we have partners. Recently we […]
