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Jan. 19, 2012	Reminder: JFK port 2012 annual user fee

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Aug. 2011	Issue #71 - Topics include: CBP Form 301, Fraud, PM Statement, FMC China Rider, Cyber Liability
Mar. 2011	Issue #70 - Topics include: ISF update, Japan disaster, CBP updates, FMCSA updates, new ACORD

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Dec. 1, 2011	ACH debit now available
Nov. 17, 2011	Honey laundering: Update on transshipments from China
Nov. 3, 2011	Potentially explosive containers disrupt West Coast port operations
Aug. 24, 2011	Can your business weather the storm?
June 17, 2011	Urgent notice on imports of honey from ‘Malaysia’
June 6, 2011	CBP implements change to bond notification policy
May 12, 2011	Mexico to accept ATA Carnets beginning May 16
Jan. 28, 2011	Avalon’s New York office relocates to Manhattan’s financial district
Jan. 4, 2011	Avalon implements customer feedback to billing process

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Aug. 2010	Issue #69 - Topics include: TSA screening, Snowe-Klobuchar bill, CBP updates, FMCSA updates
May 2010	Issue #68 - Topics include: C3 bonds, Flood Insurance, NVOCC tariff exemption, UCR fees
Apr. 2010	Issue #67 - Topics include: CBP liquidation notices, new 7501 form, Lacey Act, CSA 2010, piracy

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Dec. 29, 2010	CBP issues urgent notice regarding U.S. Virgin Islands Rider
Dec. 21, 2010	TIA and Avalon announce scholarship opportunity
Dec. 14, 2010	CBP updates continuous bond policies and procedures
Sept. 8, 2010	OFAC issues updated sanctions regulations
Aug. 31, 2010	Holiday/Government Hours and Avalon System Maintenance
Aug. 19, 2010	Press Release: Avalon appoints Christine Wade as AVP for National Accounts
Aug. 16, 2010	Press Release: Avalon appoints Kathy Schricker to Regional Vice President of Boston office
Aug. 9, 2010	Press Release: Avalon appoints Andrea Lanoutte to Regional Vice President of Los Angeles office
Aug. 4, 2010	Press Release: Avalon appoints Deirdre Hudson to Regional Vice President of San Francisco office
July 29, 2010	Ports inconsistently rejecting single transaction bonds
June 24, 2010	Press Release: Avalon appoints Wanda Sample to Regional Vice President of New York Office
Mar. 5, 2010	CBP announces single transaction bond updates: STBs in ACE, ISF-D bond rejections
Feb. 24, 2010	Revenue Division experiencing processing delays
Jan. 15, 2010	CBP announces ISF updates

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Dec. 2009	Issue #66 - Topics include: Carrier insolvency, IATA air waybill, OTI unlicensed agents, UCR fees
Jul. 2009	Issue #65 - Topics include: ISF mitigation, piracy, mutual cargo programs, FMCSA updates
Apr. 2009	Issue #64 - Topics include: Transportation broker liability, SDDC bond, shrimp imports, CSA 2010
Mar. 2009	Issue #63 - Topics include: Bond submission guidelines, export violations, COGSA v. Carmack
Jan. 2009	Issue #62 - Topics include: PM statement, FEMA flood map, C-TPAT, Clean Truck Program

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Jan. 13, 2009	Avalon opens first international office in Toronto
Jan. 19, 2009	10+2 update: ISF bonds still in process by CBP
Jan. 22, 2009	Message from Avalon President
Jan. 26, 2009	10+2 update: ISF bonds not required for the foreseeable future
Jan. 28, 2009	Severe weather forces Revenue Division to close
Jan. 29, 2009	Avalon works with CBP to assist customs brokers
Jan. 30, 2009	Avalon offers electronic solutions
Feb. 5, 2009	Insufficient bonds not reported in ACE
Feb. 9, 2009	Certified Cargo Screening Facilities – Protection for new exposures
Feb. 10, 2009	Message from Avalon’s President
Feb. 25, 2009	Marine Merlin v1.4 adds denied party screening
Mar. 20, 2009	USCIB raises carnet fees
May 15, 2009	Attend 10+2 panel on May 20 for 2 CCS credits
May 18, 2009	CBP discontinues pilot program of bond insufficiency notifications in ACE
Jul. 28, 2009	Cargo theft alert from the Illinois Trucking Association
Aug. 20, 2009	Social security numbers eliminated from AES
Oct. 2, 2009	Avalon announces new surety bond program with Great American Insurance Group
Oct. 2, 2009	10+2 update: Bond guidelines posted
Oct. 19, 2009	Important developments at Avalon
Nov. 23, 2009	CBP revises notification policy for approved bond submissions
Dec. 12, 2009	Special Message From Avalon President: Are you ready for ISF Enforcement?
Dec. 16, 2009	CBP requiring taxpayer ID on check payments
Dec. 28, 2009	ISF Bond guidelines updated

	Archives 2006-2008 Each PDF will contain all the articles published for that year
2006	All Special Quests
2007	All Special Quests
2008	All Special Quests
Jan. 2008	Issue #60 - Topics include: CBP POA, ISF, New IATA Air Waybill, Truck e-manifest
May 2008	Issue #61 - Topics include: COGSA liability, CPSC, UCR Registration, Mexican Truck Program

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