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Industry Expert
Tamra Johnson
Consulting Manager
Tamra is a Certified Customs Specialist with the Canadian Society of Customs Brokers and holds her professional designation with the Canada Border Services Agency. She manages the Compliance and Consulting department at A & A which is comprised of various technical areas of customs including tariff, audits, NAFTA, permits and GST.
Contact Tamra for all of your consulting needs at clientservices@aacb.com or call her toll free at 1-866-565-1981.
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Expiration Date: October 31, 2010.
Knowing Everything is Under Control
With the ever changing customs regulations, you can rest assure that our team of Consulting and Compliance Specialists is on the job. Our qualified team of specialists will ensure that when your goods clear customs they are compliant and take full advantage of international trade agreements negotiated by our governments, thereby increasing your profits.
Have peace of mind, knowing that you are in complete compliance with trade regulations and save yourself from paying costly AMPS penalties and fines.
Our Consulting services include:
- HS Tariff Classification for your products
- HS Tariff Ruling request from CBSA
- Duty Rates and Trade Agreements
- NAFTA consulting
- Duty Drawbacks/Refunds/Amendments
- EOPS - Exporter of Processed Services programs
- Temporary Imports
- Other Government Department requirements
- Government Appeals
- Compliance/Verification audits
- Tax requirements and exemptions
Contact A & A's Consulting Team today!
Telephone - 1.866.535.1981
Email - clientservices@aacb.com
Website - www.aacb.com.
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ACI eManifest Roll-Out Delayed Again
(Ottawa) - The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has announced that it is again delaying the implementation of the ACI eManifest program for the highway mode, this time by one month from September 31st to October 31, 2010. ACI eManifest was initially slated to roll out in June of this year, but was pushed to September to allow CBSA to ensure the integrity of the program given the volumes of data being transmitted by highway carriers. According to CBSA the reason for the most recent delay is related to the software of other commercial programs, not ACI.
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Investigation on Certain Flash Memory Chips
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain flash memory chips and products containing the same. The products at issue in this investigation are flash memory chips and products containing flash memory such as smartphones.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Spansion LLC of Sunnyvale, CA, on August 6, 2010. Letters supplementing the complaint were filed on August 17 and 20, 2010. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of certain flash memory chips and products containing the same that infringe patents asserted by Spansion. The complainant requests that the USITC issue an exclusion order and a cease and desist order.
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