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Tim Warren

Timothy Warren is Executive Managing Editor of Communications Daily. He previously led the International Trade Today editorial team from the time it was purchased by Warren Communications News in 2012 through the launch of Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. Tim is a 2005 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts and lives in Maryland with his wife and three kids.

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Weekend ACE Maintenance Times Extended March 31, April 1
April 2, 2012 by Tim Warren|Customs and Ports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the regular ACE Maintenance Window (Saturday 2300 EDT - Sunday 0500 EDT) was to be extended on Sunday, April 1, 2012. The extended window was scheduled from 0500 EDT - 0930 EDT. CBP also said the March 31, 2012 maintenance window scheduled for 23:00 EDT (11pm) began earlier at 22:15 EDT (10:15pm).

USDA Should Increase Sugar TRQ, Says Sweetener Users Association
April 2, 2012 by Tim Warren|USDA

The Sweetener Users Association (SUA) urged the Agriculture Department to increase the tariff rate quota (TRQ) for sugar soon, noting that the first day the USDA can make such changes was April 1. The March 28, 2012, letter from SUA to Michael Scuse, acting under secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services at the USDA, said the U.S. market needs additional supplies of sugar and a TRQ increase is the only way to provide supplies at reasonable prices. The USDA must consider a disappointing season of Mexican production and imports as well as strong demand for sugar in the U.S., it said. While helpful and appropriate, a TRQ reallocation alone would be insufficient to deal with the supply problems and to mini maze shortfalls the USDA shouldn't lowball its TRQ increase, the SUA said. One market analyst said additional imports of 728,000-961,000 short tons, raw value, will be necessary, said the SUA.

Obama Signs 3-Month Extension for Transportation Programs
March 30, 2012 by Tim Warren|Congress

President Barack Obama signed HR-4281, the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012, on March 30, 2012, which gives a three-month extension to surface transportation programs. Funding for transportation programs would have stopped as of March 31, 2012, without an extension. President Obama's office had voiced frustration over the passage of a stop-gap rather than a longer-term transportation bill that the Senate had already passed. It's not enough to use short-term band-aids to deal with America's infrastructure future, the President's office said. Rep. John Mica (R-Fl), chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and sponsor of the legislation, said the extension was necessary to keep transportation projects moving while lawmakers move toward legislation that reduces the size of government, streamlines the project approval process and provides flexibility for states to fund their priorities.

Parts of L.A. and Long Beach Ports Will be Closed April 2, 2012
March 30, 2012 by Tim Warren|Customs and Ports

U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) will be observing the Cesar Chavez holiday and all berths at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will be closed on April 2, 2012. CBP offices will be open. CBP later clarified that there will be terminals open in the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex on April 2. Interested parties should contact the individual terminal to determine if cargo operations will take place at that terminal on April 2.