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RICHARD INGRAO,
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" If there is safety in numbers, in the importing world there is the belief that there is also safety in smallness. "
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Principal, U.S. Import Compliance Group, Expeditors Tradewin, LLC., examines the compliance risk for small and medium-sized importers in his Insights article Rousing Small and Medium Sized Companies from Their Non-Compliant Slumber
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" ...Considerations that build brand loyalty can be more important than country of origin"
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As consumer brand recognition allows expansion of the manufacturing enterprise into global markets, importers need to recognize the implications of U.S. Customs' Country of Origin marking requirements. Read more about this in Country of Origin? Who Cares, Really?
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"I use reasonable care in the classification of my products imported into the US. Mexican Customs determined that we were not paying the correct amount of duties due to an incorrect classification of the same item. Why are some of my products classified differently in Mexico?"
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ARTURO GONZALEZ,
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the former Chief of Staff of the Classification Department at the Secretaria de Hacienda in Mexico City, and Principal, Mexico Regulatory Compliance Group, Expeditors Tradewin, LLC. answers this and other questions in Ask the Expert.
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" ...by participating in Customs' Reconciliation program, importers are allowed a vehicle whereby they can avoid ... programs which are tracked by Customs and used to create importer risk profiles."
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CLANCY COUGHLIN
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Manager, Reconciliation, has been a licensed Customs Broker since 1991 and holds a BA in Business from Washington State University. Clancy discusses the issues and benefits of U.S. Customs Reconciliation program in Reconciliation Revisited ( 163 kb).
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