Miscellaneous

MISCELLANEOUS

  • Filing letter of intent for actual use

    QUESTION: 19 CFR 10.134 (Declaration of Intent) states, in part, that a showing of intent by the importer as to the actual use of imported merchandise shall be made by filing with the entry a declaration as to the intended use of the merchandise.  How would such a declaration of intent be “filed with the […]

  • ITALY CONSUMPTION AN EXCISE TAXES

    QUESTION: Is anyone willing to share if you have successfully obtained consumption and excise taxes exemption in Italy for your products? Or your struggle on obtaining one? **************** Answer: Any VAT exemption would be contingent on the type of product you are selling and also if your company is established in Italy or another EU country. […]

  • MANIFEST DATA ACCURAC

    QUESTION: A current supplier of ours has seen recently on a manifest data site that our company is buying from their competitor which is not the case.  The manifest data shows the supplier (which we have not purchased from in over 3 years) shipping the goods to our Canadian location through the port Tacoma. Needless […]

  • SCREENING GENERIC CUSTOMER NAMES

    QUESTION: We have a new inquiry from a potential new customer in Venezuela.  I screened them and nothing comes up on the denied parties list or online. The company name begins with a generic name “Comercializadora….” Which means “marketer”. I believe “Comercializadora” means they import for a bunch of different companies/end users.   Many government entities […]

  • EGYPT AND CARGO X DOCUMENTATION

    QUESTION: Any guidance on the below?  We just received this message when trying to upload the documents to Cargo X. We have been using Cargo X without issues. Companies located geographically in Egypt will not be allowed to send any documents or data via CargoX\NAFEZA platform ========== Answers: I always had to provide physical documents […]

  • Sharing a courier account # with a vendor

    QUESTION: We ship from our vendor locations to selected destinations.  Currently, our logistics team is not permitted to share the courier account number with the vendor site for obvious reasons: it can be abused by the vendor,  abused by one of our employees or abused by an employee of the vendor. Right now our logistics team […]

  • FORCED LABOR LETTERS

    QUESTION: I see that CBP is issuing letters to importers that potentially have forced labor within their supply chains. Are these physical letters being mailed to the address on file or will they be emailed or sent via ACE to importers? *************** Answers: They will be mailed via USPS to the address on file, not […]

  • Intermediate Consignee

    QUESTION: Scenario: Company A as USA manufacturer exports ECCN 2B201 5-Axis CNC machine centers. Machines are sent to Company B their Freight Forwarder in Miami who arranges and loads the machines onto the vessels (sea or air) for export to Ultimate Consignee/end user in country “x.” Company B works with a forwarding agent/notify party in […]

  • API under pending BLA

    QUESTION: Under 21 CFR section 201.122 (c), import of an API (drug substance) for further manufacturing/use in a drug (commercial/human use) is permissible under a pending or near approval of an FDA application (BLA in this instance) so long as affirmation that the API will not be exported and that the products manufactured with the […]

  • PREPAY AND ADD MEANING

    QUESTION: I received an email from a buyer who made arrangements for the vendor to prepay and add freight for a shipment to our Canadian entity. The vendor sold them on the idea that prepay and add is DDP.  I did not think that was correct and an email from the courier asking for our […]

  • Liability Question if Company Name on Bills of Lading

    QUESTION:If our company name is listed on the master house bill of lading as the consignee (We are the turnover agent) and the shipment goes into General Order, would our company be liable and or responsible for any storage or other charges?  Concerned that the mere mention of our company name would put us in […]

  • GENERATING PROFORMA INVOICES

    QUESTION: I’m curious how the membership handles the creation of invoices for exporting items that aren’t part of inventory. Examples would be sending laptops to colleagues in Canada, items for testing, “free” gifts from the marketing department etc.  Currently our process is very manual. We have a form for the requestor to complete which includes […]