Industrial and Manufacturing Materials (IMM) Center of Excellence and Expertise Tammy Gonyo Import Specialist IWPA Convention March 6, 2014 St. Petersburg, FL
The Role of the Import Specialist
What do we do? Classifying Appraising Enforcing Laws protecting public Health and Safety Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Fair Trade practices Criminal Enforcement smuggling, commercial fraud, counterfeiting Specialized Training to develop expert knowledge of import and export trends, commodities, and industries, as well as complex trade agreements
What are Centers? Virtual organizations that leverage technology to bring work to the Center Coordinated from a strategic location CEE Aligned by key industry sectors Bring existing expertise together to authoritatively facilitate trade Provide a single point of processing for participating importers Serve as resource to the broader trade community and to CBP s U.S. government partners
Current Centers of Excellence and Expertise Buffalo Industrial & Manufacturing Materials San Francisco Apparel, Footwear & Textiles Chicago Base Metals Detroit Automotive & Aerospace New York Pharmaceuticals Health & Chemicals Los Angeles Electronics Atlanta Consumer Products & Mass Merchandising Laredo Machinery Houston Petroleum, Natural Gas & Minerals Miami Agriculture & Prepared Products
How Centers Operate Previously Company imports into 60 Ports of Entry 60 ports conduct entry summary reviews Center Operations Company imports into 60 Ports of Entry ONE Center conducts all entry summary reviews
Why Centers? Respond to the dynamic trade environment Bring all of CBP expertise together on a single industry at the national level Deliver greater consistency and harmonization Align CBP processes with modern business practices Enhance industry-based knowledge Implement manage-by-account practices Textiles Intellectual Property Rights Revenue Trade Agreements/ Preference Programs Anti-Dumping Countervailing Import Safety Duties (ADCVD) Agriculture Trade Complexity
Goals of Centers 1) Facilitate legitimate trade through effective risk segmentation - Utilize account based methods to process trade - Expand partnerships - move more importers to trusted trader status - Develop and implement comprehensive strategies to manage risk 2) Increase industry-based knowledge within CBP - Advance bi-directional education to raise industry knowledge - Engage industry groups and key stakeholders 3) Enhance enforcement and address industry risks - Leverage industry to identify issues of mutual interest to provide CBP with targeting, enforcement, and/or intelligence information - Coordinate enforcement efforts by industry to address unique risks
Benefits of Centers Trade Benefits Direct Line of Communication Small/medium sized importers have a place to go for resolving concerns, and asking questions Carrier files Importer Security Filing & Manifest Hold Resolution Center Trusted importers have one place to go to resolve issues with their held shipments Importer files Entry, Entry Summary & payment of duties One- Point Processing Trusted importers have one location for post- entry processing CBP Benefits Factory Road Transport Distribution Center Road Transport Bi- Directional Education Environment for in- depth learning to increase CBP expertise and enforcement efforts Port of Road Port of Lading Vessel Transit Port Vessel Discharge Transport CBP security targeting Effective Enforcement Improved enforcement results due to the focused industry expertise in import safety, IPR and revenue CBP admissibility determination Retail Distribution Center Enhance Intelligence Enhances industry intelligence, resulting in more effective enforcement
Center Myths I m not C-TPAT or ISA, the Centers aren t for me I m not filing in ACE, I can t be part of the Centers I m automatically going to be part of the Center s managed accounts I m going to have to change where I import because of the Center I import products in multiple industries, I m going to have to apply to every Center
Branches within a Center 1) Partnership 2) Validation & Compliance 3) Enforcement
IMM Center of Excellence and Expertise We are the building blocks Leon Hayward, Director Ann Marie Paul Center Director o Industrial & Manufacturing Materials 726 Exchange Street, Suite 400 Buffalo, NY 14210 Pharmaceu5cal, Health and Chemical Center
IMM CEE Industry Defined Plastics Rubber Glass Wood Paper Stone, Cement & Plaster Precious Metals & Stones Leather
IMM CEE Operational Information Milestone Dates April 15, 2013: Center initiates operations June 14, 2013: CBP HQ notifies three test applicants on their selection as test participants in the IMM CEE July 8, 2013: Center begins post entry processing for the three test participants Feb. 28, 2014: Center accepted several additional test participants Location Buffalo, NY Current Staff 28 TDY Staff representing various CBP OFO & OT disciplines 9 Core staff responsible for day to day Center operations 19 Matrix staff utilized on an as needed basis Matrix staff will be converted to Core as workload increases
IMM CEE Import Highlights $139.4 billion in industrial and manufacturing materials come into the U.S. (4.5% of all imported value) Top 5 countries of origin account for 79% of these imports Ø Canada ($31.6 billion) Ø Mexico ($16.3 billion) Ø China ($15 billion) Ø Israel ($8.8 billion) Ø India ($6.7 billion)
IMM CEE - Import Value $80 $70.4 $60 Billions $40 $27.5 $41.5 $20 $0 Small Medium Large < $10M $10M - $1B > $1B
IMM Top Ten POE by Value FY13 $1,600,000,000 $1,400,000,000 $1,200,000,000 $1,000,000,000 $800,000,000 $600,000,000 $400,000,000 $200,000,000 $0 Entered value of wood products by Port of Entry
IMM Mode of Transportation by value/percent for wood products $6,000,000,000 $5,000,000,000 $4,000,000,000 $3,000,000,000 $2,000,000,000 $1,000,000,000 $0 Vessel Rail Road Air Vessel $5,435,484,749 41.30% Rail $4,425,274,925 33.63% Road $3,212,701,070 24.41% Air $56,351,133 0.43%
IMM FY13 Entered Value for Lumber, Plywood and Flooring $4,000,000,000 Total entered value for three categories $3,500,000,000 $3,000,000,000 $2,500,000,000 $2,000,000,000 $1,500,000,000 $1,000,000,000 $500,000,000 $0 Lumber Plywood Flooring
IMM CEE Contact Information Email: CEE-IndustrialMaterials@cbp.dhs.gov Phone: 716-843-8504 Validation & Compliance Sharon Swiatek Acting Assistant Director & (Acting Branch Chief Partnership) sharon.swiatek@dhs.gov Office:716-843-8453 BlackBerry: 716-908-8544 Ed Wachovec Acting Branch Chief Validation & Compliance/Enforcement edward.wachovec@dhs.gov Office: 440-891-2534 BlackBerry: 216-640-4463 Enforcement & Partnership Bob Bekalarski Acting Assistant Director robert.bekalarski@dhs.gov Office: 716-626-6432 BlackBerry: 716-908-8914
THANK YOU IWPA!!! Tammy Gonyo Import Specialist tammy.gonyo@dhs.gov Office: 518-298-8388