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What are HTS codes and Schedule B numbers?

Understand the differences between HTS codes and Schedule B numbers, their roles in import/export compliance, and how they relate to the Harmonized System (HS). Learn why accurate classification is critical for smooth trade operations.

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Next Best Thing – Export Control Style

If you can’t make the Update conference in DC next week, BIS is offering the next best thing. Assistant Secretary Kevin Wolf will conduct an Open Forum by teleconference next week to offer a summary of recent ECR developments. Access instructions are in the full BIS announcement, below.

Coming Soon…Definitive Definitions

In coordinated announcements last week, BIS and DDTC proposed many new or altered definitions that attempt to harmonize comparable terms in the EAR and ITAR. The DDTC proposal includes, among many others, a new definition of “defense services.”

The ABCs of the CCL: New Series on Commodity Classification

Want the Commerce Control List (CCL) made clear? Need faster, easier classifications? You’re in the right place.

The ABCs of the CCL: Spotlight on Parts and Components

When classifying items under the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the phrase “Parts and Components” consistently appears in the various Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) entries on the Commerce Control List (CCL).

How much will my Classification Project cost?

We often get this question from prospective clients, even before we know anything about the items on their list. This is like taking your car to a mechanic and asking, “How much to fix my car?” Since he doesn’t yet know what’s wrong, the mechanic can’t know how long it will take to fix.

Harmonizing the Destination Control Statement: What You Need to Know

On August 17, 2016, the Bureau of Industry and Security and the Department of State published final rules (here and here) to harmonize the Destination Control Statement (DCS) required under §758.6 of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and §123.9 under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) respectively.

“Surge” or “Flow”? Optimize Your Classification Strategy

Commodity classification is critical. In fact, we call it Job #1 since most of your compliance requirements are based on these determinations. But classification projects are not all the same.

Preparation for Classification

You’ve worked out your classification strategy and your budget. Now it’s time to prepare. What does that entail? What information is required to conduct a comprehensive, efficient and accurate export classification project?

Obama Administration Moves Full Steam Ahead on Cuban Policies

President Obama and the administration are moving full steam ahead to normalize bilateral relations with Cuba.

The Future is DECCS

The folks at DDTC are beginning a slow roll out of their new electronic interface, DECCS, starting next week. DECCS, which stands for the Defense Export Control and Compliance System, is DDTC’s new modernized IT system.

Deemed Export Risk in the I-129 Visa Petition

With H-1B visa window approaching, there is renewed attention on the I-129 visa application, notably the certification that “[a] license is not required from either the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of State to release such technology or technical data to the foreign person.”

New DSP Forms 5, 6, 61, 62, 73, and 74 (v 8.0)

DTrade DSP forms and forms viewer have been upgraded to support SHA-256 digital certificates as required by federal mandate. Effective November 25, 2013 the use of the new forms (v8.0) will be mandatory and users may begin using SHA-256 digital certificates to access DTrade, as well as digitally sign and submit the DSP forms listed above.

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