NAFTA Benchmarking Survey

Posted by Caroline Brown on May 24, 2010

Are you interested in learning about the best practices of firms qualifying product for NAFTA and other Free Trade Agreements?

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Topics: Import Compliance, Free Trade Agreements

Take the NAFTA Benchmarking Survey

Posted by Annika Helmrich on May 21, 2010

Are you interested in learning about the best practices of firms qualifying product for NAFTA and other Free Trade Agreements?

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Topics: Duty Management, Free Trade Agreements, Product Claim Details and Storage

International Compliance Professional Association Conference in Amsterdam

Posted by Annika Helmrich on May 13, 2010

Management Dynamics will be exhibiting at ICPA’s First Annual European Conference, in Amsterdam June 13 – 15. If you have not registered yet, it’s not too late. (We’d love to see you there!)

Conference sessions will include:

  • Trade Compliance Implications of Simplified EU Law
  • Confronted with an Audit: The Do’s and Don’ts
  • Customs Classification –The Latest Developments in EU Law
  • The Impact of the AEO Legislation: Lessons Learned from the Pilot Project & Implementations in Other Member States
  • Compliance with EU Sanctions
  • Export Control Fundamentals for Trade Compliance Managers
  • Introduction to Customs Valuation and Transfer Pricing
  • VAT Implications of Transfer Pricing & Customs Adjustments
  • Centralized Clearing
  • Rules of Origin
  • IT Challenges in Effective Export Control Compliance
  • Conducting Effective Internal Audits: Best Practices
  • Tariff Engineering: Developments, Issues & Opportunities
  • Risk Determination for Export Compliance
  • EU Trade Compliance Share Forum: Overview & Proceedings
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Topics: Free Trade Agreements

Foreign Trade Zones: Management Dynamics & FTZ Corporation Partner Up

Posted by Annika Helmrich on May 12, 2010

Management Dynamics and FTZ Corporation Announce Strategic Partnership
Alliance will Integrate & Expand Use of Foreign Trade Zones in Global Trade Management
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ, May 12, 2010 -- Management Dynamics, a leading provider of Global Trade Management solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with FTZ Corporation, a leading provider of Foreign Trade Zone consulting services and developer of the SmartZone Premier application. The partnership seeks to expand the use of foreign-trade zones integrated with core Global Trade Management (GTM) processes of import compliance, export compliance and trade agreement management.

Foreign Trade Zones have been in use for nearly seventy six years with the passage of the Foreign Trade Zones Act of 1934 to expedite and encourage foreign commerce. Foreign Trade Zones are now a key component of U.S. trade policy and offer companies several opportunities to reduce costs with:

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Topics: Free Trade Agreements

New Management Dynamics, FTZ Corp. Partnership to Save Companies Millions

Posted by Annika Helmrich on May 12, 2010

Management Dynamics and FTZ Corporation Announce Strategic Partnership
Alliance will Integrate and Expand the Use of Foreign Trade Zones in Global Trade Management

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Topics: Global Trade Management, Free Trade Agreements

Best Practices - Trade Agreements

Posted by Nathan Pieri on April 19, 2010

If your company is considering utilizing a free trade agreement such as NAFTA, or wants to maximize the savings from a free trade agreement, read our Trade Agreement Best Practices Benchmark.

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Topics: Duty Management, Free Trade Agreements

Landed Cost Update (South Korea)

Posted by Caroline Brown on April 19, 2010

This is a rollover to update duty rates for Korea FTAs and PTAs. This rollover updates the following duties and taxes: Adjustment Rate, Special Emergency, Korea-EFTA FTA Concessive, Korea-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, Korea-Chile FTA Concessive, Korea-Singapore FTA Concessive, Korea-EFTA FTA Concessive Duty for Switzerland, Korea-EFTA FTA Concessive Duty for Norway, Korea-EFTA FTA Concessive Duty for Iceland, and Value Added Taxes. This rollover also adds a new FTA of Korea-India FTA Concessive, affecting all the chapters.

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Topics: Duty Management, Free Trade Agreements

‘Made in America’ rules are complex, confusing (NO KIDDING) Part 2

Posted by Annika Helmrich on April 8, 2010

In Part 2 of my "Made in America" feature, let's take a look into the requirements for a product to be considered "Made in America."

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Topics: Duty Management, Free Trade Agreements, Product Claim Details and Storage

Made in America? Part 1

Posted by Annika Helmrich on April 1, 2010

With all the recent talk about exports, MSNBC has a new section of articles completely focused on the concept of 'Made in America.'

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Topics: Global Sourcing, Duty Management, Sourcing Analysis, Free Trade Agreements

Connect with Trade Agreements!

Posted by Annika Helmrich on March 14, 2010

As a blog reader, you're already ahead of the game when you're keeping up with trade agreement news. But did you know about these channels of networking and sharing news with your colleagues?

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Topics: Global Trade Management, Free Trade Agreements

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