12-027 Customs Broker Examination

Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association, Inc. February 16, 2012

Good Morning FCBF Members, Please see below for important information. To: Importers, Customhouse Brokers, Freight Forwarders, Container Station Operators and Other Interested Parties Subject: Customs Broker Examination (April 2, 2012)

Urgent Notice : U.S.Department of Agriculture

TO: Our Valued Customers

SUBJECT: Re-Export Shipments to Canada

Effective immediately all Plant Re-Export Shipments to Canada will include both the import permit and the inbound import Phytosanitary certificate to be uploaded/scanned into your PCIT applications before we can issue the export Phytosanitary certificate. The inbound Phytosanitary certificates are for PLANTS ONLY going to Canada. If you fail to include the inbound Phytosanitary certificate, this will delay the issuance of the USDA PPQ 579 certificate. The officer cannot add the inbound Phytosanitary certificate to your application, this must be done at the time you submit your application in PCIT.

Your cooperation and attention in this matter is appreciated. If there is a need for further clarification of this memo, please feel to call the Export Department at (305) 492-1849/1850.

Cordially,

Pedro J Millan
South Florida Area Director
Miami, Florida
APHIS Safeguarding American Agriculture
APHIS is an agency of USDA’s Marketing and Regulatory Programs
An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer

Please see below for important information.

Please see below for important information.

All eastbound traffic on SR 836/Dolphin Expressway will be detoured to southbound SR 826 from Tuesday, January 10 through Friday, January 20 (excluding Sunday) between the hours of 11 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. to allow the contractor to place bridge segments over SR 836. The SR 826 southbound ramp to eastbound SR 836 will also be closed during this time frame.

Eastbound drivers on SR 836 will be guided:

South on SR 826
Exit West Flagler Street and turn east
North on NW 72 Avenue to access eastbound SR 836

Southbound drivers on SR 826 heading eastbound on SR 836 can:

Exit at NW 25 Street and turn east
South on NW 72 Avenue/Milam Dairy Road
East on NW 12 Street
South on NW 72 Avenue to access eastbound SR 836

 If weather or any other unforeseen conditions affect the closures, they will be scheduled on the next available night.

 

For more information about the SR 826/SR 836 Interchange Reconstruction Project, please contact Construction Public Information Specialist Oscar Gonzalez at 786-280-0983 or Project Engineer Francis Chin at 305-388-5450 or go to www.826-836.com..

 Drivers are encouraged to call 511 before they drive or log on to www.fl511.comto get real-time traffic and lane closure information. FDOT reminds drivers that wearing a safety belt is the single most effective way to protect people and reduce fatalities in motor vehicle crashes. Please drive cautiously in work zones.

Annette Quade

Administrative Officer
Miami-Dade Aviation Department

Emergency Notice: Florida Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association, Inc.

RE: Temporary Change in USDA-APHIS MIS Services Notice

Good  morning

This email shall serve as a notice of a temporary change in our services Yesterday morning, our west gate (both enter and exit gates) was struck by an industry member and damaged severely, such that the gate has been rendered inoperable. Therefore we will not be able to provide our customary after hours services at the Inspection Station.

All services normally rendered at the Inspection Station is affected (Plant Inspections, Pest ID). Effective immediately, weekday after hour services between the hours of 10:00 pm to 6:00 am cannot be provided at this time. This will also affect services provided on the weekends. After hour services for the weekend shall be as follows: Saturday from 7:00 am till 3:30 pm and on Sunday from 8;00 am till 4:30 pm.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. As soon as the gate is repaired(Hopefully next week) we will revert to our normal after hour services.

 

If there is a need to contact us, please feel free to call our operations supervisor at (305) 492-1832/1836.

 

Cordially

Pedro J Millan

South Florida, Area Director
USDA-APHIS-PPQ

6302 NW 36 Street

Miami, Florida, 33126

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Governor Selects Gray Swoop to Lead Enterprise Florida

The Florida Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that Governor Rick Scott today selected Gray Swoope to lead Enterprise Florida.


As Florida’s business and community leaders focus on returning Florida to the number one state for private sector job creation and innovation, Governor Rick Scott’s selection of Gray Swoope, one of the nation’s leading economic development professionals, is a big win for Floridians and a perfect fit for Florida’s future.

For more than two decades, Florida has been competing against top-level economic developers like Gray Swoope. His experience, combined with the restructuring of Florida’s economic development system, and Governor Scott’s pro-jobs budget recommendations, will send an international message that Florida is again on the move.

Florida’s extensive network of local economic development organizations, combined with a successful system of public private partnerships, will infuse speed into the job creation process and return Florida back to the nation’s number one job creator status.


As Florida seeks to grow tourism, agri-business, and stabilize the housing market, Gray’s experience along with the consolidation and streamlining of the state’s economic development system, will jump start the targeted high-wage industries in clean technology, life sciences, information technology, aviation and aerospace, homeland security and defense, financial and professional services, and trade and logistics.


Congratulations to Gray Swoope.

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