tailieunhanh - Ebook Mastering import & export management (2/E): Part 2

Part 2 book "Mastering import & export management" has contents: Future import issues, getting on top of the regulatory challenges of the future, concluding remarks, the import supply chain: purchasing, operations, documentation, and compliance management. and other contents. | Section Three Import Operations This page intentionally left blank 11 Future Import Issues Assist Value Management In these current times of economic uncertainty described by many as a global economic downturn, many companies are looking for creative ideas, thought processes, and directions to cut expenses and have a positive effect on the corporate bottom line. Companies who participate in international trade activities such as global sourcing and importing are no different. Importers of foreign-sourced merchandise face the same economic challenges that have affected the global economy. In an effort to complement company efforts to cut expenses sourcing, purchase and acquisition expenses are closely reviewed to ensure that the best products are sourced for the most economic price. It is very common in such efforts to minimize expenses of internationally sourced materials, that companies discover alternative sourcing options for raw materials, components, dies, molds, tools, engineering and design work and provide such items to the manufacturers of their foreign-sourced materials at a reduced cost or free of charge. This creative sourcing practice controls the raw material expenses of the manufacturing cycle as well as complements the quality of products from the point of production while protecting the expense of the importing entity’s bottom line. This sourcing strategy is very common for the reasons outlined above as well as for others, such as limited sourcing options in the country of manufacture or production. The commonality of this practice is well known in the import community as a best practice of cost and acquisition control. In such instances however, there lies a responsibility of the importer of record to ensure that Customs valuation regulatory practices are implemented relating to the value declaration of articles that were produced with the assistance of the materials provided to the seller from the buyer at no charge or reduced cost. Customs