CCL Classification Master Class: Hardware and Materials Webinar

If you get this wrong, you’ll have to be lucky to get your exports right.

One of the most difficult and important export compliance tasks is determining the classification in the Commerce Control List (CCL) for the items you export. If you get the wrong Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) for the items you export, you can’t accurately determine the countries for which those items require an export license.

Finding the correct ECCN is easier said than done. The CCL is hundreds of pages long. It uses detailed and complex criteria to define the classifications of many items. It uses technical language unfamiliar to many export compliance personnel.

John Black has classified well over 100,000 items in his 27+ years as an export compliance expert. In this webinar, he will use his expertise to show you the critical elements of determining the proper ECCN. He will highlight key areas of the CCL and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) that you may have never noticed, even though they may play decisive roles in determining the ECCN for your items.

The webinar will address these and other issues:

Classifying equipment
Classifying parts, components, and assemblies
Classifying raw materials, chemicals and semi-finished items
Often overlooked aspects of the CCL that determine many classifications
Using the EAR Interpretations
Avoiding common classification mistakes
Obtaining classification information from your suppliers and vendors
Who in your company should do classifications
Common sense company procedures for classifications
Practical and effective tools for making classifications easier and more accurate

This study of the complex regulations that impact classifications will put you well on your path to doing a better job with your classifications. Knowing more about how to do classifications might not make your life easier, but it should make your exports more compliant.

This webinar, and the CCL Classification Master Class: Technical Data/Technology and Software Webinar, are the two webinars in the Classification Master Class Webinar Power Pack.

The CCL Classification Master Class: Hardware and Materials Webinar will provide PowerPoint slides and notes, and include live video and commentary from John Black who has been working in the export controls industry for 27 years.

This webinar complements, but does not repeat, our previous webinar on determining USML vs. CCL jurisdiction, “Determining Jurisdiction--The Right Way.” Click here to get a recorded copy of that valuable webinar.

**Recordings of the webinar will be made available at no-charge to registrants along with a copy of the presentation and certificate of completion.

Webinar Details:

Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Time: 1:00 PM EST

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)

Speaker and Presenter Information

John R. Black has been involved in US export and trade control matters since 1984. He advises a wide range of US and foreign companies, ranging in size from Fortune 10 to small companies in nearly every industrial sector. He also serves as an expert export control adviser to several major US law firms and their clients, and has advised several foreign governments on US export control matters. Within the export compliance field, he has earned a reputation as one of the leading experts on US export and trade controls. From 1984 through 1988 he worked for the Bureau of Export Administration, where he was responsible for writing the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and interpreting the EAR for government and industry. From 1988 to the present, Mr. Black has been an export/trade control compliance consultant. Mr. Black has developed a comprehensive knowledge of the Export Administration Regulations (including the antiboycott provisions), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations, and the trade control regulations administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. He uses his depth of expertise in multiple US trade control regulations to help his clients ensure they comply with the entire scope of US trade controls. Mr. Black has advised major US exporters on export control internal compliance policies, processes, and procedures. He has also conducted many export control compliance audits for his clients and worked with them to implement remedial measures to address deficiencies found in the audits. Mr. Black has worked with companies involved in export enforcement actions and has helped them to develop comprehensive remedial compliance policies, processes, and procedures which have successfully mitigated the penalties imposed for their violations. Mr. Black�s comprehensive knowledge of US regulations and his understanding of practical business requirements enable him to develop targeted in-house training programs for US and foreign companies. He has been a featured speaker at well over 100 conferences and seminars on US export controls throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. He has also written numerous articles for various legal and export publications regarding US export/trade controls and has written several books on the subject.