Aguilar Announces CEE Locations, New Center at CBP East Coast Trade Symposium
CBP will open six more Centers of Excellence and Expertise during FY 2013, bringing the total number of CEEs to 10, said CBP Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar, who spoke at CBP's Trade Symposium Nov. 27. The announcement marks the addition of another CEE beyond the previously announced total of nine CEEs planned for FY 2013. The additional location is a result of the splitting of Base Metals and Machinery, which were previously to be combined within a single CEE, at the suggestion of the trade community, said a CBP spokesman. Aguilar also announced the locations and industry focuses of the planned CEEs.
The locations and industries of the new CEEs are:
- Agriculture & Prepared Products -- Miami
- Apparel, Footwear & Textiles -- San Francisco
- Base Metals-- Chicago
- Consumer Products & Mass Merchandising -- Atlanta
- Industrial & Manufacturing Materials -- Buffalo, N.Y
- Machinery -- Laredo, Texas
(There are currently four CEEs, one for Electronics in Long Beach, Calif., and one for Pharmaceuticals in New York City, a center for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Minerals in Houston and a center for Automobiles and Aerospace in Detroit. See ITT's Online Archives 12100938 for summary of broker and industry concerns and hopes for dealing with the CEEs.)