Export Classification & Licensing To verify as to whether or not authorization is required to export is determined by the following criteria in the transaction: 1) what is the ECCN of the item 2) where it is going 3) who is the end-user 4) what is the end-use. While the majority of U.S. commercial exports do not require a license, the first step in this … [Read more...]
Trade Compliance – HTS and Schedule B
Trade Compliance - HTS and Schedule B An HS code or HTS code stands for Harmonized System or Harmonized Tariff Schedule. Developed by the World Customs Organization (WCO), the codes are used to classify and define internationally traded goods. In most cases, in order to import or export a product internationally, the traded good must be assigned an HTS code that corresponds … [Read more...]
Import & Export Trade Compliance: Building an Effective Corporate Program
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After Exporting Conviction – Denial of Export Privileges
After Exporting Conviction - Denial of Export Privileges From United States Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry & Security: In 2014, Paweena Pechner was convicted of violating the AECA (Arms Export Control Act). Pechner knowingly and willfully caused to be exported from U.S. to Thailand firearms, which are listed on the Unites States Munitions List, without … [Read more...]
CBP Issues Detention Order on Potassium Products Produced in China with Forced Labor
CBP Issues Detention Order on Potassium Products Produced in China with Forced Labor From CBP.gov: U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP] Commissioner issued a withhold release order against imported potassium, potassium hydroxide, and potassium nitrate manufactured or mined by Tangshan Sunfar Silicon Company, a.k.a. Tangshan SunFar Silicon Industries Co. Ltd. in the … [Read more...]