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We invite you to stop by
and visit us at our booth at the
43rd Annual Wisconsin
International Trade Conference
 GROWING
GLOBALLY
May
15, 2007
Italian
Community Center - Milwaukee WI
Registration & Information at the MMAC
website
http://www.mmac.org/display/router.asp?DocID=757
RECEPTION 4:00 - 6:00 PM – Italian Community Center Atrium
Compliments of:
Bentley-World Packaging Ltd.
M.E. Dey & Co. Inc.
Pilot Air Freight
U.S. Bank
You may attend
without being registered for the conference.
We have two iPod Shuffle winners of our
April newsletter quiz question
Tami Miracle from Alliance Laundry and Janell Smith of Lesaffrey
Yeast Corporation.
The ‘minor league’ Brewers televised a game against the Toledo Mud
Hens on April 28, 1947. The Brewers had a close relationship with
the Boston Braves (later to be the Milwaukee Braves!) and the
Chicago Cubs. Detroit Tigers and the Chicago White Sox where
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U.S.
Now Requiring Truck Drivers to File Electronic Manifests at All
Southern Land Border Ports
Thursday, April 19,
2007
Washington—Beginning
today, all truck carriers are required to electronically submit
manifests detailing cargo and carrier information to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection prior to arrival at any southern U.S. land
border ports of entry. By allowing the truck carrier to begin
import procedures in advance, drivers may shorten administrative
time at the border, potentially leading to expedited border
crossings for the approximately 21,000 trucks that cross the
southern U.S. border each day.
more...
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CBP
to Require Use of ACE Truck Manifest System at New Hampshire,
North Dakota and Vermont Ports of Entry
Monday, April 23, 2007
Washington—Effective
July 12, truck carriers entering the United States through land
border ports in Vermont and New Hampshire and at the ports of St.
John, Fortuna, Ambrose, Carbury, Noonan, Dunseith, Sherwood,
Antler, Northgate, Westhope and Portal in the state of North
Dakota will be required to transmit electronic manifests through
the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).
more...
Changes at FDA
27 Mar
2007, JOC
At a recent trade association
program, Michael Mullen, the assistant commissioner of
international affairs and trade relations for Customs and Border
Protection, recommended that other federal agencies undertake
three specific steps to enhance trade facilitation while at the
same time giving due regard to ever-shrinking budgets and staffing
and equipment levels.
The steps:
1. Move to a post-entry environment;
2. Move to a paperless environment; and
3. Fully participate in ITDS.
more...
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Information regarding freight rates
Many
of you have inquired about the pending rate increases scheduled to
be implemented by the freight carriers. It is typical for all
carriers to renegotiate their rates and contracts in May of each
year. At this time, all information is still preliminary. We
recognize the impact these increases have on your business. The
following is a list of the projected GRI (General Rate
Increase) that is scheduled to become effective on May 15, 2007. As
always, we will act in your best interest in providing the best
service options at the lowest available cost. more...
The Bunker Adjustment Factor (BAF) will be adjusted to
below quantum for all shipments
originating in
Far East (China, Hong
Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Singapore
&
Vietnam) to all USA
destinations with effective from 1st of
June 2007
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Quantum:
- USD
475
/ 590 / 665 for 20' / 40' / 40'HC (Remarks:
Currently we apply special BAF at quantum of USD235/310/350 per
20'/40'/40'HC until
15 May 2007 and
subject to change afterwards)
If you have any questions
regarding the above information please contact your M.E. Dey
representative at 414-747-7000 |
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 U.S.
Ranks Second in World Maritime Container Traffic, According to New
BTS Report
Apr 26, 2007
News Report
The United
States ranks second in world maritime container traffic with one
in nine maritime containers in the world either bound for or
coming from the United States, according to
"America's Container Ports: Delivering the Goods," a
new report from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
more...
Cargo costs set record as world runs short
of ships
28-Apr-2007
Source: business.timesonline.co.u
Cargo freight rates are
soaring as the world runs out of ships to satisfy the
extraordinary craving for fuel, grain and metals.
The Baltic Exchange’s Dry
Cargo Index reached a record high of 6,230 points yesterday as the
market responded to the shortage by propelling the cost of
shipping to record levels. The Dry Cargo Index’s previous peak was
at 6,208 points in December 2004.
more...
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U.S. shipping firms may stop upgrading work in Asia
28-Apr-2007
Source: www.ndtvprofit.com
NEW YORK -
Growing pressure on the U.S. government to enforce rules
prohibiting overseas upgrading and rebuilding of U.S. ships may
start deterring ship-owners from skirting the law and having the
work done in Asia, industry sources said on Friday.
The U.S.
shipping fleet is protected by the Jones Act, which requires U.S.
ownership, construction and crew for all coastal waterborne
commerce. The Jones Act fleet is estimated to be about 150
vessels.
The
Shipbuilders Council of America and Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines
has sued the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security and
National Vessel Documentation Center at the Eastern District Court
of Virginia to stop a three-ship conversion plan in China by
ship-owner Matson.
more...
BILLS OF LADING
Bills of lading contain the name of the
shipper, the importer and a notify party – usually the Customs
broker. C-TPAT security recommendation – do not put the name
of the forwarder as the shipper or the importer. The
forwarder may be a second notify. The name of the shipper
should be the entity that prepared the goods for shipping on to
you. This should include the full name and address. |
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When
classifying goods for export, two schedules may be used.
Exporters may use
the Harmonized Tariff system of the United States (HS) or the
Schedule B. For nearly all exported goods, we recommend using the
HS. Since the HS is the only schedule that may be used for
imports, it is sensible to use one schedule for both imports and
exports. There are though some HS numbers that may not be used
in exports.
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Secure Freight Initiative Begins Testing at Two Foreign Ports
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Washington, D.C.
– The
Departments of Homeland Security and Energy announced today that
operational testing is underway in Honduras and Pakistan to
strengthen global supply chain security by scanning shipping
containers for nuclear or radiological materials before they are
allowed to depart for the United States. The tests represent the
initial phase of the Secure Freight Initiative announced Dec. 7,
2006, which involves the deployment of nuclear detection devices
to six foreign ports.
more...
U.S. Asks China to Help Maintain Global Maritime Security
(Yahoo!
News)
“The United States [on April 4] asked China to
join a global effort to maintain international maritime security,
as the Pentagon welcomed Beijing’s navy chief Vice Admiral Wu Shengli on a rare visit,” reports Agence France-Presse. “Admiral
Michael Mullen, the US chief of naval operations, called on Wu to
consider ‘China’s potential participation in global maritime
partnership initiatives’ … Mullen was referring to the ‘1,000-ship
Navy’ concept … aimed at building—on a voluntary basis—a
transnational network of navies, the shipping industry and law
enforcement agencies to respond to crises or emergencies at sea.…
Wu ‘expressed interest’ in the 1,000-ship Navy plan.”
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New this week in the
Journal of Homeland Security
In “Satellite
Control and the Future of Container Security,” Jim
Giermanski, Ed.D., professor and director of the Centre for Global
Commerce at Belmont Abbey College, as well as chairman of the
board of Powers International, Inc., discusses the role of
satellites in container security as well as the shortcomings of
radio-frequency identification as a container security measure.
Coast
Guard Now Tracking All Large Commercial Vessels in U.S. Waters
The U.S. Coast Guard met the April 1 deadline mandated by the SAFE
Port Act of 2006 to track all large commercial vessels within U.S.
waters. “Beyond the SAFE Port Act, we need to focus our attention
on closing other gaps in maritime security, including long-range
tracking of vessels outside U.S. waters and coming to grips with
potential threats posed by smaller vessels,” said Coast Guard
Commandant Thad Allen. The International Maritime Organization’s
long-range identification and tracking system will be able to
track more than 40,000 ships worldwide by the end of 2008, and the
United States will be able to track ships navigating within 1,000
nautical miles of the coast. |
SAFE PORT ACT
This bill, signed
into law by the President in December, 2006 has important security
initiatives that relate directly to the Import process. These
security initiatives are primarily focused on preventing the
introduction of weapons of mass destruction into the United
States.
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Upcoming
Events
Governor's
Trade Mission Going to China and Japan
Governor Jim Doyle will lead a delegation of Wisconsin business
and government leaders to China and Japan from September 7 to 19,
2007. The trade mission will provide participants with
opportunities to meet with distributors, potential customers, and
key business and government officials. The Governor will also
promote investment by Japanese and Chinese companies in Wisconsin.
The Wisconsin Department of Commerce and the Department of
Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection are jointly
coordinating the mission in partnership with the Metropolitan
Milwaukee Association of Commerce. For more information on the
trip, contact Commerce's Trade Show/Mission Coordinators Jennifer
Winner,
jennifer.winner@wisconsin.gov, ph: (608) 266-0413 or Christine
Stamm,
christine.stamm@wisconsin.gov,
ph: (608) 264-7824.
CBP- ACE EXCHANGE Buffalo, NY
June 4-6, 2007
Hyatt Regency,
Two Fountain Plaza, Buffalo, New York
The ACE
Exchange is a free conference offered by Customs Border Protection
(CBP) created to provide information on ACE and allow an open
forum for communication between CBP and the trade community.
http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/
ace/reports_briefings_events/ace_ex_conf/ace_exchange_four/ace_ex_4.ctt/ace_ex_4.pdf
Registration is
now open:
https://secure.thriva.com/Reg/Form.aspx?guid=ec2b8676-
754e-42d7-b44a-c41f5a086015-1507579-17110323110001
Proposed
Agenda:
http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/
ace/reports_briefings_events/ace_ex_conf/ace_exchange_four/ace_5_agenda.ctt/ace_5_agenda.pdf
We recommend carriers and importers take advantage of this update
on ACE and e-Manifest. Keep in mind e-Manifest is mandatory in
several ports and announced for mandatory deployment with an
enforcement phase in the port of Buffalo, NY.
The Bureau of
Industry and Security
Outreach and
Educational Services Division
Cosponsored
by: South Georgia District Export Council
Presents "Complying
with U.S. Export Controls"
May 9-10, 2007 Savannah,
Georgia
http://www.bis.doc.gov/seminarsandtraining/SavannahGA_May_07.htm
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