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C oppersmith Global Logistics are proud to announce that we are the preferred customs broker of choice for clearing pets on behalf of American Airlines. This is a partnership that has been in the works for a period of time and we would like to give credit to Dallas branch manager Cheryl Woodyard for the time working with leadership at American Airlines' corporate headquarters in Dallas. Wherever American Airlines has international flights arriving with pets that require clearance, Coppersmith Global Logistics will be filing the entry with Customs and Border Protection.

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Manage your cash flow better and improve your visibility to CBP - sign up for PMS / ACH today. We mentioned it a few months ago but it bears repeating - there's no better way to manage your Customs duties and create a direct relationship with Customs and Border Protection than through their Periodic Monthly Statement (PMS) and Automated Clearinghouse (ACH) programs. Imagine having the ability to aggregate and pay your duty as many as 45 days after it is due to CBP. CBP has made it extremely simple for importers to pay a month's worth of Customs entries in a single statement. We even put a video together featuring Jeff Coppersmith to explain it to people. Don't delay - click the button below to email us for more information on how you can directly pay Customs for duties. GET US ON ACH WITH CUSTOMS TODAY!

Coppersmith attends Safari Club International show. Coppersmith has decades of experience in the freight forwarding and Customs clearance moving and clearing hunting trophies coming into the United States from overseas. Earlier this month, a delegation of Coppersmith employees attended and exhibited at the Safari Club International annual conference in Reno, Nevada, an annual event drawing more than five thousand people. We understand all the agencies that must be navigated to safely deliver that hide or trophy to its final US destination. For more information about all the services we offer hunters seeking to bring trophies back from their safaris for taxidermy, contact us today. Pictured below left to right are Jeremy de la Cruz (SFO), Bud Coppersmith (LAX), Lisa Gingerich (ORD), Michael Coppersmith (ATL), Don Simon (LAX), Michael Lewis (ORD) and Tammy Hoogerhyde-Lewis (ATL).

Companies are paying close attention to what is happening on the US / China front following three days of meetings between both sides in Beijing earlier this month. Importers are keeping a close eye on the next major deadline, March 2nd, which marks the expiration of the 90-day extension of an increase from 10% to 25% on the third annex of products from China. A key difference in this third list beyond the duty percentage is the fact that the USTR announced that there will not a process for exclusions published until there is a wider reaching agreement on US / China relations. Importers of goods on the first two lists were able to petition for an exclusion from the 25% in additional duty. That is not the case currently, perhaps with the intention of forcing China's hand to reach a binding and enforceable agreement. USTR SAYS 'NO'

Every year there is a new challenge for importers and exporters. Nearly paralyzing congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, coupled with cascading challenges at inland intermodal yards are making life very difficult. In Southern California, the ports are weeks behind owing to a rush to beat a January 1st deadline for imposition of additional duties on some Chinese products, plus holiday longshoremen holidays and an early Chinese New Year which begins on February 5th. At inland rail depots like Chicago, trains are coming in and containers being grounded with wheels and truckers unable to get the rails to dig containers out for pickup, causing additional fees for storage and demurrage. In Southern California, available warehouse space is below 5% and goods are being stored in containers and trailers. JOC ON COASTAL BACKLOG

See in you Bangkok? Bobby Shaida and Don Simon are going to represent Coppersmith Global Logistics at the annual World Cargo Alliance networking meetings. This event draws literally thousands of attendees from all over the world and it gives us a chance to sit down face-to-face with the companies who represent our importers and exporters outside the United States.

A side effect of the government shutdown is that while CBP is continuing (unpaid) with their mission of enforcement, technology enhancements slated for deployment that affect how we work on behalf of importers and exporters are being postponed. There were substantive changes due to the in-bond program and a revision of the importer 5106 form, but both are shelved.

(Photo: Maersk) When you fly and answer a barrage of questions you're asked about hazardous materials in your luggage, steamship lines don't get the chance to ask the same questions - relying instead on a declaration from the shipper. In light of a serious fire that is causing Maersk to saw a ship in half to rebuild it, they are beginning random container inspections for undeclared hazmat, blocking, bracing and other unsafe behaviors. You can't blame them - issues at sea are on the rise and worrying insurers.

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