U.S. Customs and Border Protection sent a Public Bulletin notifying the trade community that on June 6,2015, the Air Automated Manifest System (AMS) will be brought offline. ACE will become the new system of record for Air Manifests. What will…
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Air Manifest Outage on June 6-7,2015 (Saturday-Sunday)
Posted in customs, customs food, fees, Food & Drug, freight, importer responsibility, international import export Tagged with: ace, air freight, carriers, customs broker, freight, import, international trade, ocean freight, produce, seafood, vegetables
Container Weight Limitations
United States has a regulatory requirements on all cargo overland movement within North America. It is governed by weight restriction laws by both federal and local government agencies. There are serious consequences should you exceed the legal limits, such as…
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Update on Port Labor Shortages
On November 3, 2014, ILWU and PMA sent their immediate release regarding current issues at the port. First actions on th part of ILWU was brought over the weekend causing Port of Tacoma and Seattle to shut down after 1/2…
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Update on Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport ISF Enforcement
On July 9, 2013, nearly 15 months ago, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) implemented an Importer Security Filing (ISF) Enforcement Strategy to improve ISF compliance. The ISF policy requires that all ISF information on the shipment bound for the…
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IMPORTANT: 2014 Food Facility Biennial Registration Renewal
October 1, 2014 12:01am through December 31, 2014 12:59pm Section 415 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) [21 U.S.C. § 350d] requires food facilities that are required to register with FDA to renew such registrations during…
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A Message from Rod Flegenheimer
At Flegenheimer International, we like to make it a point to get out of the office and do things that help us better our knowledge so we can provide the best service possible to our clients. We are involved with…
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