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Leading Logistics Provider Automates Ocean Contract Management to Grow its International Business
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ, November 30, 2009 — Management Dynamics, a leading provider of global trade management solutions, today announced that Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation (OL&T), a global logistics and transportation service provider for the [...]

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Over at ExportLawBlog, Clif has posted a bit of a hot topic – do you (or would you?) rely upon your freight forwarder for export law information?
After reading an article recommending to consult freight forwarders for export regulations, ExportLawBlog says:
“The defense of “my freight forwarder did it” is the export law equivalent of “the dog [...]

Well, not Mr. Strauss himself – The chief supply officer at Levi Strauss testified in front of the House Ways & Means committee recently to encourage a stable, long-term trade preference program that encourages liberal rules of origin for raw materials and is easy for companies to utilize.
From the Journal of Commerce:

A successful trade preference [...]

Avoid Getting Stuck at the Border with Violative Imports – The Importance of Pre-Importation Planning http://ow.ly/BYlL #
Trade Compliance: Required Trade Compliance Tools – The Wizard over at Boskage Trade News recently did a great job … http://ow.ly/161vo9 #
Trade Agreements: US Commerce Secretary Has Plan to Increase Exports- Without Trade Agreements http://ow.ly/161vob #
Thanks for the RT! [...]

The American Association of Exporters & Importers is speaking out against the new structure of the Office of Regulations & Rulings (part of the Office of International Trade within Customs & Border Patrol.) In a letter on Friday to Acting Commissioner Jayson Ahern, AAEI charged that the organizational change has led to delays, because OR&R [...]

The following information is courtesy of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, PA.

Importers Have Short Time to Comment
Before Retaliation List Finalized
The Brazilian Chamber of Foreign Trade (CAMEX) published Nov. 9 a list of 222 items (click here for full list [PDF]) of U.S.-origin products that may be subject to retaliatory duties of up to 100% beginning in [...]

Management Dynamics, a leading provider of Global Trade Management solutions, today announced the release of Trade Wizards 10.0, a Web-based portal to trade content from 122 countries that facilitates the research of complex trade questions. The new release makes it easier for companies to classify products, calculate landed costs and perform document determination at the [...]

At Corporate Compliance Insights, Eric McClafferty of Kelley Drye & Warren LLP has written an excellent article on the importance of export compliance to the health industry. He addresses two key questions:

What are some fundamental export compliance keys for health industry companies?
How should compliance professionals deal with those from a real world compliance perspective?

McClafferty goes [...]