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Timothy Warren, Executive Managing Editor, Communications Daily. He previously led the International Trade Today editorial team from the time it was purchased by Warren Communications News in 2012 through the launch of Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. Tim is a 2005 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids.

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Baldwin Retires from CBP
January 3, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

Dan Baldwin, executive director, cargo and conveyance security, in CBP's Office of Field Operations, retired from the agency, said industry executives. CBP did not comment.

CBP, CBSA Say First Phase of Pre-Inspection Pilot Shows Feasibility
January 3, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) ended the five-month first phase pre-inspection pilot for truck cargo and found the "concept feasible," said CBP in a press release. The first phase of the pilot, which is part of the "Beyond the Border" initiative, began in June at the Pacific Highway crossing near British Columbia (see 13061821). The first phase is designed as a "proof of concept" for using CBP officers in Canada to pre-inspect trucks, drivers and cargo prior to arrival into the U.S., said CBP. The pilot also looked at the use of "certain technologies and jointly-developed procedures in order to conduct CBP primary truck processing in Canada," the agency said. The next phase will last for a year at the Peace Bridge Crossing in Buffalo, N.Y. beginning this month. Phase II will test the ability of the pre-inspection process to reduce wait times and border congestion, said CBP.

CBP Schedules CHB Exam for April 7
January 3, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

The customs broker’s license examination scheduled for April 2014 will be on Monday, April 7, said CBP in a notice. The four-hour exam consists of 80 multiple-choice questions, with a score of 75 percent required to pass. Exam topics usually include: Entry, Classification, Country of Origin, Trade Agreements, Antidumping/Countervailing Duty, Value, Broker Responsibilities, FP&F, Protests, Marking, Prohibited and Restricted Merchandise, Drawback, Intellectual Property Rights, and other subjects pertinent to a broker's duties. CBP said registration is expected to open for the exam in February.

Topics:Customs duty, Drawback
CBP's Weekly TRQ/TPL Commodity Graph Report as of Dec. 30
January 2, 2014 by Tim Warren|Customs

CBP issued its weekly tariff rate quota and tariff preference level commodity report as of Dec. 30. This report includes TRQs on various products such as beef, sugar, dairy products, peanuts, cotton, cocoa products, and tobacco; and certain BFTA, DR-CAFTA, Israel FTA, JFTA, MFTA, OFTA, SFTA, UAFTA (AFTA) and UCFTA (Chile FTA) non-textile TRQs, etc. Each report also includes the AGOA, ATPDEA, BFTA, DR-CAFTA, CBTPA, Haitian HOPE, MFTA, NAFTA, OFTA, SFTA, and UCFTA TPLs and TRQs for qualifying textile articles and/or other articles; the TRQs on worsted wool fabrics, etc.