News & Insights

The National Customs Broker and Forwarder Association of America (NCBFAA) offers a $5,000 scholarship award to students intending to join the trade industry. The award is presented to the winner at the NCBFAA annual conference. Roanoke is delighted to once again sponsor this meaningful competition and each year we look forward to sharing in the […]

December 11, 2018

Roanoke Trade is pleased to introduce our Bond Sufficiency Calculator, a new tool to help you determine the appropriate continuous customs import bond amount. Due to the ongoing “trade wars”, tariffs have recently been increased on many imported goods and materials. These increased tariffs have precipitated a spike in mandated increases to customs bond amounts. […]

November 20, 2018

To all ATA Carnet users traveling to Turkey, please be advised that Turkish Customs has implemented a new national rule that requires ATA Carnet holders and/or their authorized representatives to provide an Excel file stored on a memory key to Turkish Customs at the time of entry. This file is then uploaded into Turkey’s national […]

October 30, 2018

Roanoke is pleased to announce that effective September 1st, Megan Harrington was promoted to the position of Bond Manager for the Midwest, Baltimore and New England areas. Megan takes over for Maya Mackey who after many years of successfully running the department, is transitioning into a sales role for Roanoke. Megan started with Roanoke seven […]

October 23, 2018

Each year this gala event attracts several hundred industry leaders, government officials and members of the diplomatic community to celebrate open markets and the recipient of USCIB’s highest honor. This year Roanoke will be sponsoring the International Leadership Award Dinner.

September 27, 2018

Customs brokers and importers alike can be proactive with the management of their import bonds on goods subject to the Section 232 and 301 trade wars. Here’s how: Compile a list of your import clients affected by the new tariffs Access the latest lists of tariffs subject to Section 232 or Section 301 here. Suggest […]

September 13, 2018