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Bell Routing Guides must be used when Bell is responsible for paying the transportation provider directly OR for International shipments where Bell is responsible for import clearance as directed by Bell Purchase Order (PO) or Return Material Authorization (RMA) Terms and Conditions.

Include Bell part numbers, Bell contact name, Return Material Authorization (RMA) or Purchase Order (PO) number(s) on your shipping documents. Shipments missing this information will be delayed and may be returned to origin at customer/supplier expense.

Free Carrier (FCA) is Bell’s standard Incoterm ® Rule on all Bell PO’s and RMA’s unless legal has explicitly accepted and the change is reflected in the orders.

Transportation:

• Do NOT utilize “Prepaid and Add” when using Bell Textron’s Routing Guides.

• Every supplier or customer with a Bell contract, PO, or RMA must ensure their domestic or global shipping locations use this Routing Guide.

• When Bell is responsible for paying the transportation provider directly, shipments to a Bell address must be shipped FREIGHT COLLECT using the preferred Carrier listed on the Routing Guide.

• For Less-than-Truckload (LTL) or Truckload

  • Shipping Collect, DO NOT complete the Bill Charges To / 3rd Party section of the bill of lading (BOL). Marking the BOL “Freight Collect” is sufficient to ensure carrier invoices are charged to Bell.

  • If a true 3rd Party shipment where the shipper and consignee are not a Bell entity, you must complete the Bill Charges To / 3rd Party section of the BOL and mark the shipment as 3rd Party. In the Bill Charges To / 3rd Party section provide the following:
    
    (Insert the Bell location, Example - Bell Textron Texas, Bell Textron Broussard, Bell Textron Piney Flats, etc.) c/o USBank
    PO Box 3001
    Naperville, IL 60566
    
    Without this information, the freight charged to Bell may be rejected back to you by the carrier for payment due to unknown address as payer.

   

• Any deviation from the specific routing listed in this matrix for your shipping locations must be authorized by Bell personnel on an emergency, shipment – by – shipment basis.

US Imports:

• FedEx and JAS FORWARDING (USA) INC. are the only brokers authorized to clear Bell imports.  Please list JAS Forwarding as the broker/notify party on all shipments sent via BDP or a forwarder/carrier other than FedEx.

• If shipping via FedEx, the Broker Select Option (BSO) must be used for the following situations, with JAS FORWARDING (USA) INC. Email:  US-BHTI-CHB@JAS.COM  listed as the broker.  International Priority and International Priority Freight are the only FedEx PRIORITY shipping methods that allow BSO; do not use International First in these situations.
  • Parts being shipped to Bell for repair.  Make sure the RMA number is listed on the commercial invoice.
  • Parts being returned to Bell after repair.  Make sure the commercial invoice clearly states the goods have been repaired.
  • Parts being shipped under an ITAR license.  FedEx will not clear these shipments.  Ensure the license number is listed on the commercial invoice.
  • Parts being shipped to Bell for a USG contract (e.g., PO listed a DPAS rating and/or Clause 44).  The Commercial Invoice must list Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) 9808.00.30, the Prime Contract Number, and the following verbiage:
    
    “UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Duty-Free Entry to be claimed pursuant to Section XXII, Chapter 98, Subchapter VIII, Item 9808.00.30 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States. Upon arrival of shipment at the port of entry, District Director of Customs, please release shipment under 19 CFR part 142 and notify JAS FORWARDING (USA) INC. (broker code D99) for execution of Customs Form 7501.  JAS will notify Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) St. Louis , Duty Free Entry Team, for execution of the duty-free entry certificates.”

Sincerely,

Bell Textron Inc.

 

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