QUESTION: I am trying to help a member of our company to import an original painting worth around $180,000 (bought at an auction) from Hong Kong, for personal use and not resell. My understanding is that this painting (original work of art and hand-painted) will fall under chapter 97 and will be duty free. However, […]
QUESTION: A Russian oil/gas company is owned 50+% by an SDN (Special Designated Nationals). This Russian company is not on any sanction list, doesn’t involve with any sanctioned activities and is willing to provide an End-user Statement. Can we, as an US based company do business with this Russian company through our office in Malaysia? […]
QUESTION: Does CBP or Dept of Commerce define anywhere what a “shipper” is? If so, can you share the reg/clause/statute? I had a conversation with an employee of my freight forward about who was a shipper in our particular transaction – a domestic sale for us and an export for the domestic purchaser. Essentially a […]
QUESTION: We have a scenario where one of our Canadian entities, is the actual seller of goods departing the US. They buy the goods from our US Business Ex Works, sell to a customer overseas delivered terms – so they arrange the freight with the forwarder/ocean carrier. We have always listed that Canadian party and […]
QUESTION: Any AES self-filers using SAP/GTS program getting this Fatal Error message? If so can you provide guidance on how to correct this? Code 227 ‘FORWARDING AGENT PARTY MISSING’ A forwarding agent party must be reported in the Automated Export System (AES) Electronic Export Information (EEI) when the filer Id Type (E=EIN, D=DUNS in Proprietary […]
QUESTION: We frequently ship reusable plastic trays produced in the U.S. that contain our product protected in foam compartments. The empty plastic trays return separately. How do you track the imports/exports? What verbiage does your shipper use to instruct the freight forwarder/carrier? Are there any requirements to track each individual tray (by serial number, etc.)? […]
QUESTION: 19CFR19.9(c) refers to the release of merchandise in G.O. and says…The release may only be made by the proprietor upon presentation of a permit to release or delivery authorization signed by the appropriate Customs officer on Customs Form 3461, or its electronic equivalent, 7501, or its electronic equivalent, 368 or 368A or other Customs […]
QUESTION: Wondering if anyone would be willing to share their process documentation for how they handling tradeshow goods leaving the US and subsequently returning to the US. ************* Answers: This is a pretty vague question…what are you after…the logistics piece? Export compliance? I’d say most companies don’t have a “process” because typically each show is […]
QUESTION: A little background – we are a US company and we ship parts over to China for some processing, and then the product is returned to the US. Historically, goods were valued at $0.10 each and shipped DDP to China without issue due to the low value. But after recent review, it was determined […]
QUESTION: Where in the regulations does it state BIS license expiry expectations when filing an AES. Specifically, when (time) does the license expire on date of expiry. i.e. if license expires on 6/30 can you still ship on it until 23:59 (11:59pm) the day of expiry or does it expire 00:01 (12:01am) on the date […]
QUESTION: We have found an issue whereby certain line items on our customs entry are designated with SPI C#. I understand, in accordance with General Statistical Note 3(c)(iv), this is a way an importer can avoid MPF: Goods of a country with which the United States has a free trade agreement that provides the Merchandise […]
QUESTION: We occasionally have shipments that cross from Mexico into the US. They have batteries in them. I thought that batteries need to be declared as a separate line item on the invoice however our broker claims that is not necessary. What is your take on this? %%%%%%%%%% We ship items out of the UK […]
