Category: Customs & Border Protection

W Coast Trade Symposium recap: E-commerce is THE hot topic

  CustomsNow attended CBP’s West Coast Trade Symposium last week in Phoenix.  The theme was “Looking Ahead Together: What’s Next for Trade?”  Generally, CBP stated that they would continue to focus on the Priority Trade Issues, as well as the [...]

Importer’s lament: “Why isn’t my release visible to my carrier?”

  Nic Adams, CustomsNow‘s Vice President, Client Services, offers guidance for importers who are frustrated that their carriers don’t seem to have visibility to shipment releases even when there is a CBP release on the cargo: I have a Customs release, [...]

ACE Portal: Updated CBP guidance for veterans and newcomers

  US Customs has updated web content to help users better understand the ACE Secure Data Portal —  perfect for members with existing portal access, and new trade members who are looking to gain access to the ACE Portal. The [...]

Kevin K. McAleenan nominated for CBP Commissioner post

    President Trump has nominated Kevin K. McAleenan to serve as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the Department of Homeland Security. Mr. McAleenan has served as the Deputy Commissioner since 2014 and currently functions as the agency’s Chief [...]

CBP offering free Simplified Processes Initiative webinar

The Simplified Processes Initiative (SPI) is an effort to develop a transformation strategy to optimize the process of importing goods through collaboration with the trade and CBP. Click here to view a summary of the information that presenter Randy Mitchell, Director, Commercial [...]

How will CBP’s drawback program change in the coming months?

The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 included a sweeping “game-changer” for the CBP drawback program, providing numerous, significant enhancements to the drawback laws under 19 U.S.C. § 1313, long-sought over the past decade by both CBP and [...]

LA trade professionals: Attend WITOC’s State of the Trade 2017 event

  Join Women In Trade — Orange County for its annual – The State of Trade – Symposium and Luncheon. Hear leading industry members and top local government officials provide a recap of 2016 and a look ahead of what [...]

ACE Availability Dashboard keeps filers up-to-date

US Customs’ ACE Availability Dashboard provides a visual graphic of the current status of all ACE Application Servers and presents key availability and business metrics to all members of the international trade community, PGAs, and software developers.   The ACE [...]

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