The Fundamentals of Product Classification



Determining your product’s export classification is one of the most important steps toward export compliance.

 

How else will you know what restrictions might be on any given international transaction if you have not assigned the correct ECCN or USML Category? 

This webinar will address the differences behind Commodity Jurisdiction determinations and Commodity Classifications and will help you create effective processes to classify and document product classifications.

Topics covered include:

  • Commodity Jurisdiction vs. Commodity Classification

  • ECCNs vs. HTS numbers

  • Order of Review

  • CCL/USML overview

  • Understanding the structure of ECCNs and USML

  • Getting the technical resources you need to do effective classifications

  • Working classifications into the product development process

  • Developing tools to assist in classifications and document results

  • Submitting CJs or CCATS requests including new CJ electronic filing requirements

  • What to do about third party products

  • Classifying intangibles: technical data, software

  • Staying on top of regulatory changes

  • What to do with emerging technologies and prototypes

  • Documentation and Recordkeeping

  • Compliance automation

This webinar will provide PowerPoint slides and include live video and commentary from Felice Laird who has 30 years’ experience in training on US export controls. Participants are invited to submit questions during the webinar. The final 30 minutes of the webinar will be allotted to answering attendees' questions.

Date:     February 28, 2018

Time:    1:00 PM EST (If you cannot attend this time we will send you the recording to watch)

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes (Comprised of 1 hour of commentary and 30 minute Q&A session)

Cost:     $195 per person (Additional employees from the same company $50 each up to 2 employees)

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Don’t worry; you will receive access to the webinar, via recording and PowerPoint presentation.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Instructor: Felice Laird

Senior consultant

Felice Laird has over twenty years' experience helping companies comply with the US Export Administration and International Traffic in Arms Regulations.   Felice specializes in transactional work, reviewing clients' product lines to establish licensing requirements and then providing guidance on how best to deal with any government restrictions on export.  Felice is a subject matter expert in encryption export controls and has helped both large and small firms navigate the complex restrictions on data security technologies.

Prior to becoming a consultant, Felice worked at the Department of Commerce in what is now the Bureau of Industry and Security.  She also worked as an International Trade Analyst at the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison and as an Export Compliance Administrator for GTE Corp (now Verizon).  

Felice served on the encryption working group of the President’s Export Council Subcommittee on Export Administration (PECSEA), as well as serving as a PECSEA member during the Bush Administration.  Felice is active in the National Council on International Trade and Development and TechAmerica’s Export Committee.  She has a BA from the University of New Hampshire and a MS in International Business from the American University.

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, EEOC, Federal Government, State & Local Government, FDA, Foreign Governments/Agencies


    Event Type
    Webcast


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    When
    Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 1:00pm - 2:30pm ET


    Cost

    Additional viewers each (w/registered viewer):  $50.00
    Per Person:  $195.00


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    Organizer
    Export Compliance Training Institute


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