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Business with Cuba – What’s Legal and What’s Not?

By now, you’ve likely seen the many news stories about the BIG announcement made today by our President. The news release starts by stating… “Today, the United States is taking historic steps to chart a new course in our relations with Cuba and to further engage and empower the Cuban people.” Whatever your personal and/or political beliefs are, this is big news and potentially big opportunity for those who heed it. The legality of importing Cuban cigars is one of the many changes discussed below. Read on for the full details.

PRESIDENTS ANNOUNCEMENT – Summarized from the White House Fact Sheet found here: The key changes President Obama discussed relating to TRADE are (read the full fact sheet for all other changes):

General licenses will be made available for all authorized travelers in the following existing categories: (1) family visits; (2) official business of the U.S. government, foreign governments, and certain intergovernmental organizations; (3) journalistic activity; (4) professional research and professional meetings; (5) educational activities; (6) religious activities; (7) public performances, clinics, workshops, athletic and other competitions, and exhibitions; (8) support for the Cuban people; (9) humanitarian projects; (10) activities of private foundations or research or educational institutes; (11) exportation, importation, or transmission of information or information materials; and (12) certain export transactions that may be considered for authorization under existing regulations and guidelines.
Authorizing expanded commercial sales/exports from the United States of certain goods and services-
- Items that will be authorized for export include certain building […]

By Jennifer Diaz|2022-07-08T17:02:14-04:00December 17, 2014|Cuba, Export, Import, U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)|1 Comment

Freight Forwarder Pays $125,000 Mitigated Penalty – Avoid This & Learn 11 Steps to Exporting

Aramex Emirates, LLC, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.), agreed to pay a $125,000 civil penalty to the U.S. Department of Commerce’s (DOC) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) for the unlicensed export and reexport to Syria, via the U.A.E., of network devices and software without the required BIS licenses. The Under Secretary of Commerce Eric L. Hirschhorn commented:

Today’s settlement shows the importance of compliance with U.S. law by foreign freight forwarders handling items subject to U.S. export controls.

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By Jennifer Diaz|2022-07-07T10:15:22-04:00May 27, 2014|Best Practices, Export, penalty, Pre-compliance, U.S. Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)|0 Comments

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As you would see, we develop Export Marketing Plans for manufacturers and service providers (The products or services must be produced in Florida).

It’s also for companies that are new-to-export or infrequent exporters.

They must also be in business for a minimum of 2 years, have a minimum of five employees and their annual sales must be within $500,000 to $10 million.

The cost to the business owner is $500 and upon acceptance of the Export Marketing Plan, there are Overseas Opportunities (documented on flyer) for the client.

The attached flyer has all the information and at the bottom, there is the on-line link to the website where companies can complete an application and submit to us.

We would appreciate if you can share this with your clients for us please.

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By Jennifer Diaz|2021-03-26T14:35:50-04:00May 16, 2014|Export|0 Comments

Export Penalties Already Total $184 MILLION in 2014 – Want to Learn Who, What, Why & How to Stay Compliant?

Within just the first nine weeks of 2014, almost $182 million dollars in penalties have been assessed against companies for OFAC and ITAR export violations. Within those same nine weeks alone, companies have been ordered to pay the Department of Treasury almost $25 million dollars more than was ordered in all of 2013. Simply put, compliance is critical, and non-compliance is costly!

Don’t miss this update on export enforcement actions stemming from a busy 2013 and start of 2014.

The webinar, hosted by the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA), will take place tomorrow, April 24, 2014, from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. (EST).

During this webinar, my colleague Perry Sofferman and I will discuss:

What do you have to do (or not do) to get a $20 million dollar ITAR penalty from the DDTC? A review and explanation of the Esterline case.
OFAC has already issued $161,898,750 in total penalty amounts through March 6, 2014. This amount significantly surpasses the total amount of penalties issued in 2013, only $137,075,560!
Learn why Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. agreed to a $504,225 settlement with OFAC for apparent violations of the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations.
Learn why Weatherford agreed to a $91,026,450 settlement with OFAC in 2013.
We will explore DDTC and OFAC cases to help you determine what preventive actions you must take to help avoid having to write those checks, or perhaps even suffer worse consequences.
This webinar is geared towards exporters and forwarders who want to assure they learn […]

By Jennifer Diaz|2022-07-08T16:25:35-04:00April 23, 2014|Customs Expert, Export, Pre-compliance|0 Comments

Trade Day is Coming to Miami!

Trade Day is coming to Miami, courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, (CBP) on April 2, 2014. The ports of Champlain, Boston, Savannah, Buffalo and Detroit have held Trade Day (some already twice) and we are thrilled CBP’s Port of Miami is bringing Trade Day to us.

This is the time to take advantage. Importers, exporters, customhouse brokers, freight forwarders and all other interested parties in the international trade community – if you have been looking for an informal opportunity to meet one-on-one with government officials that are responsible for processing and facilitating trade related import transactions and enforcing the various Free Trade Agreements and trade laws, this is your chance.

If you missed the 2014 CBP Trade Symposium (which was fantastic), this is your opportunity to ask questions about CBP’s new Commissioner, What’s going on with developments with ACE, How CEE’s are going, What the status is of the “Trusted Trader” program, Will GSP be renewed in 2014, and much more!

In various ports, other government agencies (OGA’s) like FDA, CPSC, USPTO, HSI and F&W join the port for Trade Day, we hope Miami brings these important OGA’s for you to ask questions of.

Make sure to put this date and time in your calendar.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm.

Trade Day will be held in the main lobby of the Cargo Clearance Center (CCC), located at […]

By Jennifer Diaz|2022-07-08T16:19:36-04:00March 17, 2014|Customs Broker, Export, Import, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)|0 Comments

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