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Export University Presented by Houston District Export Council and Roanoke Trade When: September 22, 2016 Where: Houston Community College – Spring Branch Campus Cost: $65 ATA Carnets Does your company ship exhibits to international trade shows? Do you service projects in foreign countries? Do you travel with samples and prototypes to promote new products? If you answered yes to any of the questions above then you should attend this ATA Carnet Workshop. Export & Import Documentation Learn why the commercial and transport documents produced are so important and how to make them more effective. Understand their impact on customs clearance and […]
Earlier this year reports of international rings targeting California’s booming agriculture industry and increasingly stealing truckloads of high-value nuts made front-page news. In fact, in 2015 California nut shipment thefts totaled losses of $4.6 million with 31 cases reported. Indeed food and beverages have replaced electronics as the most-stolen goods in the U.S., with losses in this category totaling $3.81 million in the second quarter of 2016, according to CargoNet. Why is food, particularly nuts, such a hot commodity for criminals? Nuts are expensive, they have a long shelf life, and they don’t have serial numbers necessary to track or […]
Presented by the Texas Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association, this networking conference will provide a forum for brokers and forwarders to come together, exchange ideas and obtain valuable information relating to our ever-changing industry. This conference not only provides attendees with the latest industry information from top experts, but also allows NEI certified specialists 10 CCS or CES points! Be sure to join us on Thursday night for an evening of networking and mingling and don’t forget to mark your calendar for Colleen Clarke‘s presentation on Friday, September 23rd. We’re excited for the opportunity to be sponsoring this educational conference, and can’t […]
July 23, 2016 July 23 is next in CBP’s series of deadlines for filing cargo release and entry summary information in ACE. On that date, CBP will require entry types 02, 07, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32, 34 and 38 filings to be made in ACE. While some PGA data sets are not ready for ACE, the CBP portion is still required to be filed in ACE. For practical purposes, this means that all Activity Code 1 single transaction bonds will be eBonds by July 23 and not be submitted on Form 301 (by paper or email). eBond STBs must […]
Several career transitions are currently in the works at Roanoke and we are excited to announce that effective August 1st, Glenn Patton, Regional Vice President of our Long Beach office, is relocating to our corporate office in Schaumburg, IL. Mr. Patton has accepted the newly created position of Vice President, National Sales Management. Glenn’s expertise is rooted in sales and business development. Glenn’s vacancy on the west coast will be filled by Dave Jordan who is assuming the role of Regional Vice President. Dave will be missed in Schaumburg as will his contributions to the surety underwriting and claims management […]
The “interim final” rule that became effective on January, 26, 2009 has now – for practical purposes – become the final rule as to a great many ISF filings. However, for some time CBP and the trade have been discussing an urgent need for limited changes to Part 149 of the Customs Regulations, primarily to eliminate confusion as to ISF-5* and certain other filing responsibilities. The result has been the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking in the July 6 Federal Register. The comment period expires on September 6, 2016. CBP has addressed the situation by drafting a new definition of […]
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