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Top Successes of Diaz Trade Law (DTL) & Diaz Trade Consulting (DTC) in 2016!

DTL saved clients MILLIONS of dollars in 2016, below we list a summary of some of our compliance successes!

U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP)

Assisted an importer in having $434,486.00 worth of goods seized returned to it in a RECORD 24 working days, with a signed settlement agreement with CBP in a record 17 working days!
Assisted an importer in having $324,466.00 worth of goods seized for an underlying AES violation returned.
Assisted importers in filing prior disclosures that were accepted by CBP, advising of errors found, and avoiding substantial penalties.
Assisted importers in successfully responding to CBP 28’s and 29’s resulting in close outs, and no further enforcement action by CBP!
Assisted importers in creating and maintaining pre-compliance programs to evaluate intellectual property rights and pre-report merchandise to CBP resulting in expedited entry into the U.S. with no delays or examinations by CBP.

By Jennifer Diaz|2022-07-07T12:00:14-04:00January 26, 2017|Best Practices, CBP 28, CBP 29, Cuba, Expert, FDA Issues, Pre-compliance, TSA, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)|0 Comments

Catch up on DTL’s TOP Blogs from 2016!

We want to make sure you stay up to date with the hottest trade topics from 2016. Below is a summary of what you missed by category. Enjoy!

CBP

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By Jennifer Diaz|2022-07-07T11:58:48-04:00January 26, 2017|AD/CVD, Best Practices, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)|0 Comments

Don’t Gamble with Compliance

Are you interested in e-Commerce? Have a desire to go to Vegas?

Diaz Trade Law founder Jennifer Diaz will be speaking at the upcoming Massconversions Live e-Commerce conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Jennifer’s presentation will focus on the TOP 10 Tips to Comply with Customs When Buying Online. Attendees will, by the end of her presentation, know and understand the importance of:

• Tariff classification
• Customs valuation
• Country of origin marking
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Protection and CBP Enforcement
• Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)

Attendees will also learn basic customs concepts and terms like:

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By Jennifer Diaz|2017-01-05T21:49:54-05:00January 6, 2017|Best Practices, Events, Import, IPR, Trademarks and Logos, Speaking, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)|0 Comments

U.S. Customs – Your Personal Policeman at the Border

Many companies mistakenly believe that registering a trademark or copyright with the U.S. Government provides sufficient protection and remedies, and, therefore, do not take the extra step to record those trademarks or copyrights with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (U.S. Customs).

The processes achieve two completely different goals.

Registering a trademark with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) or copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office gives public notice of one’s ownership of the trademark or copyright. On the other hand, the purpose of recording a trademark or copyright with U.S. Customs is to partner with the agency in preventing the unauthorized importation of merchandise that bears a recorded trademark or copyright. U.S. Customs prevents counterfeit and otherwise infringing products from entering or exiting the United States for registered trademark or copyright holders who have recorded their trademarks or copyrights with Customs. […]

By Jennifer Diaz|2022-07-07T11:53:54-04:00December 6, 2016|Best Practices, Export, Import, IPR, Trademarks and Logos, Seizure, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)|0 Comments

CBP Launches New E-Commerce and Small Business Branch … Just in Time for the Holiday Shopping Season

With Thanksgiving in the rear view mirror and the Christmas holiday season kicking into high gear, now is the time to think of Pre-Compliance especially with the grave risks associated with shopping online and not knowing your supplier. As Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday commercial activity spikes, CBP is, in specific connection with online sales, warns consumers and merchants alike to be on the lookout for holiday shopping scams and/or criminal trade practices. Red flags to watch for in this regard include offers designed to induce the purchase of counterfeit and/or unsafe goods, prices that are too good to be true, e-commerce sites that lack legitimate phone numbers and/or addresses, and sellers who lack good customer feedback.

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By Jennifer Diaz|2022-07-07T11:51:37-04:00December 1, 2016|Best Practices, Counterfeits, Expert, Intellectual Property Rights, International Business, International Law, International Trade, IPR, Trademarks and Logos, Pre-compliance, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)|1 Comment

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