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C-TPAT the Road to Certification

TII Principals Michael Laden and Kelby Woodard will present a half-day seminar on the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) hosted by Global Training Center.  

The event will take place on Wednesday, November 6th, at 10:30 am (central time).  Mr. Laden and Mr. Woodard will discuss the necessary procedures and policies for attaining C-TPAT Certification.  
 
Advanced registration is required.  

For more information or to register for this event please follow this link:   Global Training Center - The Road to C-TPAT Certification
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ICPA Fall Conference:
Importer Identity Theft

TII Principal Michael Laden will present at the October 29, 2013 meeting of the International Compliance Professionals Association (ICPA) in Dallas, TX.

Mr. Laden's session will be devoted to Importer Identity Theft, a serious and growing problem within our industry. 

For more information or to register please follow this link:  International Compliance Professionals Association
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C-TPAT:  Soup to Nuts

TII Principal Michael Laden will present at the October 17, 2013 meeting of the Midwest International Trade Association (MITA) in Omaha, NE.

For more information or to register please follow this link:  Midwest International Trade Association
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Greetings!

The Trade Innovations team is committed to providing timely, accurate, and unique approaches to customs and supply chain security compliance. With the growing complexity of trade compliance rules and regulations in which companies engaged in global trade must be aware, we are passionate in our efforts to keep the trade community informed.  It is in that spirit that we offer this newsletter to you.  The Trade Update is published on the first Wednesday of every month.

   

The Trade Innovations team stands ready to assist you and you with your customs and supply chain security programs. The Principals of Trade Innovations have a broad background in customs compliance, supply chain and global security and we are confident that our approach will fit your unique challenges and opportunities.

 

We can be reached via e-mail at info@tradeinnovations.com or at 952.975.9099.    

 

Best Regards,

 

The Trade Innovations Team  

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CBP Announces East Coast Trade Symposium
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that it will host the 2013 East Coast Trade Symposium on October 24 - 25, 2013 in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area.

Please note that due to the Symposium's popularity there will be a limit of three representatives from the same company enforced in order to enable a wide variety of companies to participate.

Save the dates and start making your plans now to attend.  More details will be available in next month's newsletter or you can monitor our web site for updates.  Interested parties should also monitor the CBP web site for updates and registration information.  


Roanoke Trade Publishes ISF Summary 

The move to the enforcement phase of the Importer Security Filing (ISF) continues to cause high levels of anxiety among many members of the trade community at large.  There continues to be a number of questions being posed by members of the trade and even higher levels of concern about the liquidated damages that may result for untimely or inaccurate ISF's.  Roanoke Trade, a division of Roanoke Insurance Group, Inc., has published a comprehensive update on the Importer Security Filing (ISF).

 

To read the entire article or for a copy of the Roanoke Trade ISF Summary please follow this link: Roanoke Trade ISF Summary   

 

CBP Publishes ACE Completion Schedule 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has published a schedule for completing core trade processing capabilities in ACE (Automated Commercial Environment).  The plan includes seven (7) deployments of new features over the next three years.  This approach is based on the Agile software development methodology, which produces smaller pieces of functionality more frequently.   CBP intends to have all trade processing capabilities fully transitioned to ACE by the end of calendar year 2016.  (more follows)  

 

To read the entire article please follow this link:  CBP Publishes ACE Completion Schedule

 

CBP Buffalo Hosts 2nd Annual Trade Day

CBP at the Port of Buffalo will be hosting its 2nd Annual Trade Day event on Thursday, September 12, 2013 from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.  

 

This year's Trade Day activities will be held in the main lobby of the Larkin Building (location of the CBP Port of Buffalo port office), 726 Exchange St., Buffalo, NY.  

 

There is no cost to attend this event.  A registration desk will be located in the main lobby; all attendees are requested to register upon arrival.  

There will be no formal presentations.  Participants are encouraged to bring questions and interact one-on-one with the government officials responsible for processing and facilitating trade related import transactions while enforcing various trade laws. 

   

Importer Sentenced for False UL Labels

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has issued a Press Release concerning 5,585 lamps that were seized by CBP because they bore counterfeit UL labels.
   
GuildMaster Inc., based in Springfield, Mo. was sentenced in federal court on Friday August 30, 2013 for importing thousands of lamps bearing counterfeit safety certification labels.

 

To read the entire article or the ICE Press Release please follow this link:  Importer Sentenced for False UL Labels

  

FDA Publishes FSMA PowerPoint
Food Safety Modernization Act The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has published a 34-slide PowerPoint presentation on Proposed Rules to Help Ensure the Safety of Imported Food as it related to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).  This document also discusses the proposed regulations for Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP).  It also contains proposed Rules for Accreditation of Third-Party Auditors. 

 

To read the entire article or to download an Adobe copy of the FDA PowerPoint please follow this link:  FDA FSMA PowerPoint  

 

Intoxicated Man Wanders into Container Bound for U.S.

A man in Qingdao, China mistakenly walked into an empty shipping container thinking it was his hotel and fell asleep.  He was rescued after using his cell phone to notify police who were able to pinpoint his location and extricate him from the situation.  According to news reports, the container was being prepared for shipment to the U.S.

 

It is unknown how this might affect security in Qingdao or other Chinese seaports; but one has to wonder how the man got into the terminal and successfully evaded port security measures.

 

To read the entire article please follow this link:  

 
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Sincerely,

The Trade Innovations Team