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is a consulting company specializing in Customs and Foreign Trade. TRA was founded by our associates who have extensive experience in Export and Customs as well as practical working knowledge in Industry and U.S. Customs & Border Protection.

Export Terminology A-Z

Affiliation and
Government Agency Links

 

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U.S. Customs and
Border Protection Import

Spotlight.  Read about how CBP protects U.S. borders such as creating programs like C-TPAT and providing the Supply Chain Security Best Practices Catalog.

USITC Harmonized Tariff 2006
Harmonized tariff is the legal text of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule, as amended and modified with the statistical annotations pursuant to section 484(f) of the Tariff Act of 1930.

Title 19
Code of Federal Regulations Title 19 Consolidation of codification of import laws and their enforcement.

International Trade Administration
An independent, nonpartisan, quasi-judicial federal agency that provides trade expertise to the legislative and executive branches of the US government.

Resources

State of Our Port
This article reports on the State of the Port Address. Assistant Port Director, Dora Murphy delivered the 2006 Customs & Border Protection (CBP)  State of the Port address January 11, 2006 at the Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association (CBFANC) annual dinner.

Guide to Importing into
the US

It is in the importer's best interest to understand the establishment and responsibilities of the Customs Service ...

Bureau of Industry and
Security Major Case List

The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) enforcement activities target the most significant threats. BIS’s mission is “keeping the most sensitive goods out of the most dangerous hands.”  During Fiscal Year 2005 OEE investigations resulted in 31 criminal convictions and criminal fines totaling $7.7 million and imposed $6.8 million in administrative penalties, 31 export denial orders and other administrative sanctions.

 
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