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Your package is missing Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) [0], duh. Add a proper ECCN number (such as "EAR99" [1]), according the rules and regulatio

Your package is missing Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) [0], duh. Add a proper ECCN number (such as "EAR99" [1]), according the rules and regulations that apply to the specific product you're shipping. FYI, export violations can reach up to $1 million per violation, prison for up to 20 years, and administrative penalties. [0] https://www.shippingsolutions.com/blog/six-basic-steps-for-export-compliance https://www.shippingsolutions.com/blog/six-basic-steps-for-e... [1] EAR99 is not a free pass: https://www.shippingsolutions.com/blog/ear99-isnt-a-free-pass-for-export-compliance https://www.shippingsolutions.com/blog/ear99-isnt-a-free-pas...

hervature 5y ago
This is what the author puts in the comments on their site: Regarding the ECCN information: it’s my understanding that by writing NOEEI 30.37(a) on the label in the box for AES/ITN/Exemption, I’m stating that the items don’t require an export license or permit and are valued under $2500, so no commercial invoice or ECCN numbers should be required. In other words, I think what I have included on the form should be OK as-is.
- gambitown 5y ago
  > so no ECCN numbers should be required. That's wrong. The classification of each exported item has to be declared by the sender. Exemptions should also be declared as an ECCN number (there are various ECCN numbers designed exactly for that). Without ECCN the sender fails basic Export Compliance checks.
dvdkon 5y ago
This is one of many problems with manufacturing products in the western world. Not only is shipping usually much cheaper ~than~ from China (and you have to get the parts from east Asia anyway, most of the time), you also need to deal with a whole host of certifications, export restrictions and generally convoluted bureaucracy. It sometimes seems that the rules are designed to scare off hardware (and other) startups. Basing yourself in China you can manufacture cheaper, sidestep most of these issues and basically chuck uncertified products with shoddy and falsely filled customs labels at customers everywhere. If we actually want electronics manufacturing to come back, we'll have to sort those problems out, small enterprises matter too, not just the ones wealthy enough to have this sorted out by sheer brute force.
- tschwimmer 5y ago
  I'd argue that it isn't really much less regulated on the China export side. There are still a mess of forms and certifications you have to get in order to export. The only difference is that your manufacturer and origin agent usually handle all this stuff for you.
- makomk 5y ago
  Yeah, this looks way more compliant than any package I've ever received from China. Most of those don't even have the appropriate HS tariff numbers on at all...

hervature 5y ago

This is what the author puts in the comments on their site: Regarding the ECCN information: it’s my understanding that by writing NOEEI 30.37(a) on the label in the box for AES/ITN/Exemption, I’m stating that the items don’t require an export license or permit and are valued under $2500, so no commercial invoice or ECCN numbers should be required. In other words, I think what I have included on the form should be OK as-is.

gambitown 5y ago
> so no ECCN numbers should be required. That's wrong. The classification of each exported item has to be declared by the sender. Exemptions should also be declared as an ECCN number (there are various ECCN numbers designed exactly for that). Without ECCN the sender fails basic Export Compliance checks.

dvdkon 5y ago

This is one of many problems with manufacturing products in the western world. Not only is shipping usually much cheaper ~than~ from China (and you have to get the parts from east Asia anyway, most of the time), you also need to deal with a whole host of certifications, export restrictions and generally convoluted bureaucracy. It sometimes seems that the rules are designed to scare off hardware (and other) startups. Basing yourself in China you can manufacture cheaper, sidestep most of these issues and basically chuck uncertified products with shoddy and falsely filled customs labels at customers everywhere. If we actually want electronics manufacturing to come back, we'll have to sort those problems out, small enterprises matter too, not just the ones wealthy enough to have this sorted out by sheer brute force.

tschwimmer 5y ago
I'd argue that it isn't really much less regulated on the China export side. There are still a mess of forms and certifications you have to get in order to export. The only difference is that your manufacturer and origin agent usually handle all this stuff for you.
makomk 5y ago
Yeah, this looks way more compliant than any package I've ever received from China. Most of those don't even have the appropriate HS tariff numbers on at all...