Customs and Border Protection News
Personnel
Changes
National:
The U.S. Border Patrol announced
that Chief Rodney S. Scott will be taking
over as Chief of U.S. Border Patrol,
U.S. Customs and Border replacing
Carla Provost, according to a statement
issued by the U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Commissioner Mark A. Morgan.
JFK:
As of January 6, 2020, the following
management changes took effect:
Andrija Dandridge - Acting Cargo
Chief
Email: ANDRIJA.T.DANDRIDGErW,
CBP.DHS.GOV
Phone: (718) 487-2642
Mark Mather - Assistant Cargo Chief
Email: MARK.H.MATHERrW,CBP.
DHS.GOV, Phone: (718) 487-2642
Jaim e Rocafu erte -Mail Chief
Email: JAIME.H.ROCAFUERTE@
CBP.DHS.GOV, Phone: (718) 553-1456
Paul Gunther - Acting Deputy Chief
Agriculture
Email: PAUL.G.GUNTHER@CBP.
DHS.GOV, Phone: (718) 487-5272
AIRPORT V 34 OICE, FEBRUARY 2020
New CBP cargo control and enforcement officers, Chief Andrija Dandridge, Operations Chief Mark Mather.
CBP Port Director Frank Russo and Asst. Port Director Sal Ingrassia bid fond farewells to CBP
retirees husband and wife Bob Redes and Mary Benzie with their son Jonathan.
CBP pilot test under
Section 321
Tracking of smaller ecommerce packages
Customs and Border Protection is working with some of the largest
e-commerce and cargo companies in a pilot program to better track
the deluge of smaller international packages. The pilot is aimed at the
growing volume of small packages that ecommerce and rapid shipping
logistics have embraced. CBP said it processes 600 million express consignment
and international mail shipments a year, or about 1.8 million
a day. Section 321 allows an individual to ship goods up to $800 without
import duty.
Amazon, eBay, Zulily, FedEx, DHL and UPS are among the nine companies
that have signed up to participate in the agency’s Section 321 data
pilot program set will run through August 2021. Technology firm Pre-
Clear and logistics providers XB Fulfillment and BoxC Logistics are the
three other participants.
Five of those nine participants have begun transmitting data to CBP,
the agency said. CBP rolled out the pilot in July and plans to further
widen the program “later in the spring” with additional participants.
According to the Federal Register, Section 321 provides for an administrative
exemption from duty and taxes for shipments of merchandise
(other than bona-fide gifts and certain personal and household goods)
imported by one person on one day having an aggregate fair retail value
in the country of shipment of not more than $800. Pursuant to this test,
participants will electronically transmit certain data elements pertaining
to these shipments to CBP in advance of arrival. CBP is conducting
this test to determine the feasibility of requiring advance data from different
types of parties and requiring additional data that is generally
not required under current regulations in order to effectively identify
and target high-risk shipments in the e-commerce environment.
Prospective pilot participants should submit an email to e-commercesmallbusinessbranch@
cbp.dhs.gov
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