2012 - Live Web seminar on Import Compliance- How to Reduce Your Import Risks By compliance2go

Why should you Attend :

By lowering the import risks to your suply chain would lead to fewer Customs inspections and delays to your freight. The reduce lead times would enhance cost savings.

How to become a low risk importer eventhough you may import various commodities that have high risks like hazardous materials, products that are considered unsafe, products that do not meet CPSIA and materials coming from high risk countries.

Areas Covered in the Session:

Product Valuation- Tooling

Royalities and Commissions

Importer's Self ?Assessment

Security and C-TPAT

Product Safety and the Customs Import Product

Safety Program

Intellectual Property Rights

A discussion on Customs searches.

Who will benefit: (Titles)

Import Managers
Operation Managers
Project Managers
Traffic Managers
Purchasing Managers
Trade Consultants
Attorneys
Insurers
Product Development Managers
Packaging Managers
Product Engineers
Quality Engineers and Sales and Marketing Managers

About Speaker

Barry O’Brien brings extensive experience in customs, compliance, trade, import, supply chain experience, security, import product safety, trade law, global expertise, government programs, finance, budgets and trade software programs. He has experience in copyright and trademarks laws, product development and royalties’ disclosures that affect global customs compliance. At Hasbro, Barry organized the Importer’s Self-Assessment Program on trade and import product safety with the US Customs and Border Protection and he was a leader in a project to develop market opportunities in China. Barry served as the Director of Global Trade & Customs at Hasbro, Inc., where his responsibilities was to maintained the company’s low risk and high compliance rate with US Customs and Border Protection. Barry was the Chairman for the Toy Industry of America International Trade Committee, chairman of the Trade Support Network serving on the Revenue Committee and member of the Trade Support Network ITDS Committee. In October of 2004, Barry was appointed by the United States Customs and Border protection to become a Trade Ambassador. In January of 2007, the United States Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security appointed Barry to the 10th term of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border protection (COAC). In January, 2009, the United States Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security appointed Barry to the 11th term of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC). In March of 2010 Barry accepted an award form US Customs for his contributions in working to implement, improve and strengthen the Customs-Business Partnerships in achieving trade facilitation and security of society. Barry is a speaker on the C-TPAT and ISA process for trade compliance and import product safety. Barry has addressed professional organizations, including the Coalition of New England Companies for Trade (CONECT), American Conference Institute, Marcus Evans, Council of Logistics Management and the United States Customs Trade Symposium.