Import Compliance Academy — Aluminum Patio Furniture from Vietnam

The Shipment

200 aluminum patio dining sets

Buyer: Sunbelt Patio Co. (Phoenix, AZ)
Supplier: Mekong Outdoor Mfg. (Bình Dương, VN)
Unit price: $150 FOB Ho Chi Minh
Invoice value: $30,000
Mode: Ocean, FCL, 1 × 40' HC
Incoterm: FOB Ho Chi Minh City
ETD / ETA: May 1 / June 5

Glossary (hover any underlined term)

Throughout the lessons you'll see dotted-underlined words. Hover them to see plain-language definitions. Compliance has its own dialect — these tooltips are your decoder ring.

Stakeholder Cast

Importer of Record (IOR): Sunbelt Patio Co.

Foreign Supplier: Mekong Outdoor

Freight Forwarder: Pacific Span Logistics

Customs Broker: Saguaro Brokerage LLC

Ocean Carrier: EverBlue Lines

U.S. Port: Los Angeles / Long Beach

CBP & PGAs: CBP, CPSC, Commerce/ITA

Surety: Mountain Surety (bond issuer)