Imad Kassir

The Tariff Value is fixed by the Central Board of Indirect taxes and Customs (CBIC) for any class of imported goods or export goods. Authorities will consider the trend of value of the goods in question while fixing tariff value. Once fixed, the duty is payable as a percentage of this value.

Yes, you can use your own freight services for our international trade compliance solutions. However, for some countries I would advise to use a professional freight forwarder to ensure a smooth operation.

The TARIC code (TARif Intégré Communautaire; Integrated Tariff of the European Communities) is designed to show the various rules applying to specific products when imported into the EU.

Deemed exports involve the transfer of controlled items or information from one person to another. (Compared to the transfer of controlled items from one country to another.) As an example, if a U.S. citizen emails an ITAR-controlled or EAR-controlled blueprint to a French citizen, then an export is “deemed” to have occurred from the United States to France. The U.S. controls deemed exports in similar ways to actual (physical) movement of items overseas.

Defense articles are restricted to varying degrees for Afghanistan, Belarus, Burma, Central African Republic, China, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Haiti, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Zimbabwe.

The EAR has detailed Embargoes and/or Sanctions on Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Syria, North Korea, specific Russian industries and the Crimea region of Ukraine. Restrictions for commercial items are identified in the Commerce Control List (CCL) for each item and must be individually verified.

The ITAR identifies restrictions in the Section ‘Prohibited Exports, Imports, and Sales to or From Certain Countries’ (Section 126.1) and the EAR has limitations specified in the CCL and the Commerce Country Chart (Article 738.2 and Supplement 1), as well as Embargoes and Other Special Controls (Article 746).

OFAC also has trade sanctions on certain countries which can be found in the OFAC ‘Sanctions Programs and Country Information’ online. Note that the restrictions and limitations on specific countries in the regulations do change.