CUSECO CORE MAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
SURE A+
✔✔Freight Forwarder - ✔✔An agent who arranges the transport of goods on behalf of
the exporter.
✔✔General Prohibition - ✔✔Regulations that apply broadly to certain activities, such as
exporting to specific entities.
✔✔Deemed Export - ✔✔The release of technology or information to a foreign national
within the US.
✔✔Penalties for EAR Violations - ✔✔Consequences that may include being placed on
the DPL, fines, and imprisonment.
✔✔Insufficient Information - ✔✔A common reason for export license application denial.
✔✔Agency Regulating US Exports - ✔✔BIS, DDTC, Fish & Wildlife service.
✔✔Control on Country Chart - ✔✔A less frequently used control identified as AT.
✔✔Exporting to Ukraine - ✔✔A violation if products are exported without proper
authorization.
✔✔Export Quantity Measurement - ✔✔Can be in Dollars, Kilograms, or Units of
Product.
✔✔Exporting Without License - ✔✔Possible if the article is not on the CCL or no ECCN
applies.
✔✔Article Under ECCN - ✔✔Indicates it is listed on the CCL.
, ✔✔Request to Pay Bribe - ✔✔A violation of the FCPA.
✔✔Export - ✔✔does not include a shipment from the territory of the 50 United States to
Puerto Rico, The territory of Puerto Rico to the territory of the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the territory of Puerto Rico to the territory of the 50 United
States.
✔✔Controlled US content - ✔✔For a shipment of foreign-made product with controlled
US content to be shipped to a country in Country Group E:1, the product is not subject
to the EAR if the percentage of controlled content to the foreign made product is 10% or
less.
✔✔De minimis level - ✔✔There is no de minimis level for some products under ECCN
3A001, under ECCN 4A994, under ECCN 5E002.
✔✔License exceptions - ✔✔are subject to revocation without notice.
✔✔LVS shipments - ✔✔the shipping costs are not included in computing the value for
LVS purposes.
✔✔Order exceeding LVS limit - ✔✔will not be eligible for the LVS exception.
✔✔TSR - ✔✔For an order under TSR, the exporter must obtain written assurance from
the buyer as to re-export or release of the technology.
✔✔GFT exception - ✔✔can always include vitamins.
✔✔Dual use - ✔✔serves to distinguish EAR-controlled commodities that can be used
both in military and other strategic uses and commercial applications.
✔✔License exception denial - ✔✔The export is not eligible for a license exception, the
exporter's authorization to do so has been revoked.
✔✔APP exception - ✔✔Exports under APP exception are subject to tiers.
✔✔LVS exception reference - ✔✔For an LVS exception, we would refer to country
group B.
✔✔Export to controlled destination - ✔✔The easiest way for us to export is to a country
which is not a controlled destination.
✔✔Controlled for NS - ✔✔We can expect to be able to use GBS only.
✔✔Firearms Convention controls - ✔✔are within the western hemisphere only.
SURE A+
✔✔Freight Forwarder - ✔✔An agent who arranges the transport of goods on behalf of
the exporter.
✔✔General Prohibition - ✔✔Regulations that apply broadly to certain activities, such as
exporting to specific entities.
✔✔Deemed Export - ✔✔The release of technology or information to a foreign national
within the US.
✔✔Penalties for EAR Violations - ✔✔Consequences that may include being placed on
the DPL, fines, and imprisonment.
✔✔Insufficient Information - ✔✔A common reason for export license application denial.
✔✔Agency Regulating US Exports - ✔✔BIS, DDTC, Fish & Wildlife service.
✔✔Control on Country Chart - ✔✔A less frequently used control identified as AT.
✔✔Exporting to Ukraine - ✔✔A violation if products are exported without proper
authorization.
✔✔Export Quantity Measurement - ✔✔Can be in Dollars, Kilograms, or Units of
Product.
✔✔Exporting Without License - ✔✔Possible if the article is not on the CCL or no ECCN
applies.
✔✔Article Under ECCN - ✔✔Indicates it is listed on the CCL.
, ✔✔Request to Pay Bribe - ✔✔A violation of the FCPA.
✔✔Export - ✔✔does not include a shipment from the territory of the 50 United States to
Puerto Rico, The territory of Puerto Rico to the territory of the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the territory of Puerto Rico to the territory of the 50 United
States.
✔✔Controlled US content - ✔✔For a shipment of foreign-made product with controlled
US content to be shipped to a country in Country Group E:1, the product is not subject
to the EAR if the percentage of controlled content to the foreign made product is 10% or
less.
✔✔De minimis level - ✔✔There is no de minimis level for some products under ECCN
3A001, under ECCN 4A994, under ECCN 5E002.
✔✔License exceptions - ✔✔are subject to revocation without notice.
✔✔LVS shipments - ✔✔the shipping costs are not included in computing the value for
LVS purposes.
✔✔Order exceeding LVS limit - ✔✔will not be eligible for the LVS exception.
✔✔TSR - ✔✔For an order under TSR, the exporter must obtain written assurance from
the buyer as to re-export or release of the technology.
✔✔GFT exception - ✔✔can always include vitamins.
✔✔Dual use - ✔✔serves to distinguish EAR-controlled commodities that can be used
both in military and other strategic uses and commercial applications.
✔✔License exception denial - ✔✔The export is not eligible for a license exception, the
exporter's authorization to do so has been revoked.
✔✔APP exception - ✔✔Exports under APP exception are subject to tiers.
✔✔LVS exception reference - ✔✔For an LVS exception, we would refer to country
group B.
✔✔Export to controlled destination - ✔✔The easiest way for us to export is to a country
which is not a controlled destination.
✔✔Controlled for NS - ✔✔We can expect to be able to use GBS only.
✔✔Firearms Convention controls - ✔✔are within the western hemisphere only.
