Global trade experts will explain the importance of automating trade compliance processes and the difficulties oil and gas companies face, as well as present recent developments in the industry.  By attending this webinar, you will walk away with:

• A better understanding of the export compliance challenges oil and gas companies are facing
• Various strategic considerations to think about when implementing an automated trade compliance solution
• Best practices you can use to improve your company’s export compliance processes

Speakers will include:
Scott Byrnes, Vice President of Marketing, Amber Road (formerly Management Dynamics, Inc.)
Natalia Shehadeh, Director of Trade Compliance, Weatherford
Scott Johnston, Attorney, Specializing in U.S. Import/Export Law, Givens & Johnston, PLLC

Join us and find out how you can automate your trade compliance process!

Join Customs & Trade Solutions, Inc. and Management Dynamics for a complimentary three-part Export Compliance Webinar Series, which will address the three key steps of any Export Compliance Program (ECP): Restricted Party Screening, Product Classification, and Shipment Screening and Documentation.

The third and final webinar in this series will be held on Friday, November 18^th at 2:00pm EST and will review Shipment Screening and Documentation, the final step in building an export compliance program.

During this webinar, we will discuss key best practices related to automating your export compliance process, including:

• The importance of transactional screening and why it is a necessary requirement in any compliance program
• How managing product compliance details can help validate the data used on export documentation and reduce delays at the border
• How to leverage the data from the export order to automatically determine and create key export documents and file directly with AES

Speakers will include:
Suzanne Richer, President, Customs & Trade Solutions, Inc.
Sanjeev Williams, Product Manager, Management Dynamics

Join us to learn how you can take the next step in establishing an Export Compliance Program!

More Help for Haiti: New Trade Benefits Extended in Haiti Economic Lift Program Act of 2010

Tuesday, June 8th, 2010; at 1:00PM – 2:30PM EST

The President on Monday, May 24, 2010 signed the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act (H.R. 5160), which expands duty-free access to the U.S. market for Haitian textile and apparel products and extends existing trade preference programs for Haiti. Please join us for a complimentary webinar to learn how to do more business in Haiti. Our presentation includes precise details of these expanded benefits, including: NEW apparel products covered INCREASED Tariff Preference Levels for Knit and Woven apparel made from 3rd country inputs. EXTENDED duration of Preference Programs for Haiti MODIFIED earned import allowance ratio for knit and woven apparel, NEW duty free treatment for made-up textile products wholly assembled or knit to shape in Haiti. The one hour webinar will be presented by Tom Travis and Elise Shibles. Mr. Travis is managing partner of Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. His practice concentrates on international trade and customs issues for apparel importers and retailers. He has assisted apparel operators in Haiti for over 30 years. He is also the author of the Amazon.com bestseller Doing Business Anywhere: The Essential Guide to Going Global. Ms. Shibles served for over 11 years with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. As a specialist in textile and apparel policy, she participated in the negotiation of numerous free trade agreements, helped develop legislation and regulations to implement FTAs and preference programs, and trained foreign industry and government representatives on rules of origin and customs compliance.

COST: FREE
Register Online

Companies today use standby letters of credit for more than just the traditional performance or financial guarantees they offer. A standby letter of credit offers numerous advantages and can be used in a variety of ways, such as: substitution of bid and performance bonds; support of advance payment and payment guarantees; serving as a secondary means of payment to creditors; serving as a supplement to credit limits with suppliers; and more.  To use standby letters of credit effectively, it is important to understand how they work to mitigate the risk to your business.

This seminar will review real-world standby letter of credit mechanics with an extensive look at how they can be structured to meet the specific needs of all parties. Different types and uses of standby letters of credit will be reviewed, including bank guarantees and the rules governing standby letters of credit. The program will conclude with a foreign exchange update that will provide tips on FX tools and strategies that can be used to manage the bottom-line costs of international business.

Speakers Include:

• Mary Papazian, Senior Vice President and Senior Foreign Exchange Advisor, Silicon Valley Bank
• Carla Winfield, Vice President and Senior Global Advisor, Silicon Valley Bank

Program Details:

• • Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
  • Time: Registration 8:30 a.m., Program 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 pm
  • Price: $75 (includes continental breakfast and seminar materials)
  • Location: Newton, Massachusetts
  • Learn more & Register Online or call the Massachusetts Export Center at 617-973-8664

Webinar: Antidumping for Customs House Brokers by the Law Offices of George R. Tuttle

This webinar is specifically tailored for customs house brokers to provide them with a basic understanding of:

• U.S. antidumping laws and procedures
• What actions can be taken by importers during investigations and after an antidumping order is established
• And, other antidumping issues.

Presenters include Stephen S. Spraitzar, attorney, and Erik Warga, antidumping consultant.

Webinar Details:

• When: Thursday, October 22nd from 10:00 am – 11:30 am PDT
• Cost: $35 for current members of ICPA, WIT-NC, ATCP, PAEI, & CBFANC or $45 for non-members
• Learn more and register.

Webinar: Preparing for a C-TPAT Validation from Zisser Customs Law Group

In this session our C-TPAT experts who have assisted in over 300 C-TPAT validations and re-validations will teach you the five core steps to an effective and successful C-TPAT validation.

• When: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:00 am – 12:00 pm (PDT)
• Register Online

The Global Trade Academy regularly holds in-person courses in Detroit, Philadelphia, and Houston.

Topics include C-TPAT/Cargo Security, Export Compliance, Import Compliance, How to Write your Company’s Export Compliance Manual, How to write your company’s Import Compliance Manual, Focused Assessment Prep, Transportation Law, and Tariff Classification.

For dates, costs, and locations, view their Upcoming Courses schedule.

CH Robinson has several upcoming in-person seminars.

2009 Export Controls Seminar (Dallas-Fort Worth)

• Date of Seminar: Friday November 13, 2009
• When: 9 am – 4 pm
• Where: Great Wolf Lodge, 100 Great Wolf Drive, Grapevine, TX 76051
• Price: $50 a person
• Topics: What Exporting Means; The Economic and Political Realities of Export
  Policy; Jurisdiction and Governmental Oversight; Export Administration Regulations (EARs); Introduction to ITAR; ECCN and Schedule B Introduction; and Complying with Export Controls: “The 5 W’s”
• For more info, Contact: andrew.greiner@chrobinson.com

2009 Customs Regulatory Seminar (Houston)

• Date of Seminar: Friday November 3, 2009
• When: 8 am – 4 pm
• Where: Crown Plaza Houston – Downtown, 1700 Smith Street, Houston, TX 77002
• Price: $75 a person
• Topics: U.S. and Global Trade Policy – Trends and Expectations; Customs Compliance and Enforcement of Reasonable Care; Being Prepared for a Customs Focused Assessment; The State of U.S. Cargo/Trade Security (Including C-TPAT); Importer Security Filing (“10+2”); Importer Self Assessment (ISA); Automated Commercial Environment (ACE); Lacey Act Amendments; First Sale for Export; and Understanding INCOTERMS 2000
• For more info, Contact: paula.minor@chrobinson.com

2009 Customs Regulatory Seminar (Atlanta)

• Date of Seminar: Monday, November 5, 2009
• When: 8 am – 4 pm
• Where: The W Hotel Atlanta Downtown, 45 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30308
• Price: $75 a person
• Topics: U.S. and Global Trade Policy – Trends and Expectations; Customs Compliance and Enforcement of Reasonable Care; Being Prepared for a Customs Focused Assessment; The State of U.S. Cargo/Trade Security (Including C-TPAT); Importer Security Filing (“10+2”); Importer Self Assessment (ISA); Automated Commercial Environment (ACE); Lacey Act Amendments; First Sale for Export; and Understanding INCOTERMS 2000
• For more info, Contact: ATLSeminars@chrobinson.com