CBP announced that effective February 1, 2011; the Memphis port will maintain its own brokerage oversight and compliance office. The plan is for the Memphis staff to handle the entire broker licensing and permitting process for the are port of Memphis. This area includes individual licensed brokers, partnerships and corporations permitted in the states of Arkansas and Tennessee. This move will allow CBP to provide improved customer service to the local importing communities. The change does not have any impact on the regulations or current district boundaries.
This will provide better and timely external customer services to the Mid-South and New Orleans importing communities by reducing administrative redundancy. The change will have no impact on the statutory regulations nor will it require a change in current district boundaries. Full implementation will begin on Feb. 1.
The Memphis Broker Management Officer is Supervisory Entry Specialist Janice Weems. License and/or permit fees should be sent to Weems at:
Memphis Area Service Port
3150 Tchulahoma Road
Suite 1
Memphis, TN 38118
(901) 544-0291
Supervisory Entry Specialist Patricia Burke, the New Orleans Broker Management Officer, will continue to process licensing and permit issues for individual licensed brokers and permitted corporations Louisiana and the portion of the state of Mississippi covered by the New Orleans Customs Broker District boundaries. License and/or permit fees should be sent to Patricia Burke at:
New Orleans Area Service Port
1515 Poydras Street
Suite 1700
New Orleans, LA 70112
(504) 670-2391
Source: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/local/01282011_3.xml
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