New NCBFAA President Powell to Focus on ACE Changes, Export
The recently elected National Customs Brokers & Forwarders President Geoffrey Powell will work to engage members on coming changes to the Automated Commercial Environment and export control reform, he said to association staff, according to a NCBFAA press release. “CBP’s ACE drop dates are on schedule which means all members must be using it by November 2015 if they want to stay in business,” said Powell, who is president of C.H. Powell. “That’s why we are working with our Affiliate Association partners to initiate local outreach efforts in their areas to ensure that both their members and the software vendors serving them are ready for ACE.” Powell will also work with government agencies on ways to facilitate export activity as part the National Export Initiative and will help familiarize new exporters on the processes involved, he said.
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Powell will also seek to recruit the "next generation" of members by convincing them of the NCBFAA's value, the release said. “We have to redouble our efforts at membership recruitment,” he said. “It is up to us to convince potential members of the benefit of joining the Association and to help them understand what the Association does for them.”
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