Cacheaux, Cavazos & Newton is pleased to inform readers and friends of the CCN MexicoReport™ that the Customs Compliance Conference held this past month in Houston, Texas was a success. Specifically, CCN wishes to extend a special thank you to the following:
- Each of the more than 200 attendees from Mexico and the Unites States.
- Over 150 transnational companies representing various industries.
- Numerous guest speakers who presented over 14 different topics on customs issues from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border.
- Aristóteles Nuñez Sánchez, Esq., Head of the Mexican Tax Administration Service (Servicio de Administración Tributaria de México), for designating distinguished officials Jorge Milla Ortega, Esq. and Leticia Contreras, Esq. to give a presentation on origin audits and certification rules for Value Added Tax purposes.
- Tom Jesukiewicz, Field Director in the Houston office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Regulatory Audit, and Cheryl Johnson, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Auditor, for providing practical recommendations on customs compliance and insight as to what Customs auditors do not like to hear.
- Alfonso Rojas and Eduardo Prida, President and Vice-presidentof the Association of Professional Customs Agents of the Americas (Asociación de Agentes Profesionales de Aduana de las Américas, ASAPRA)
- Víctor Hugo Gamas, President of the Conference of Associations of Customs Agents of the Mexican Republic (Confederación de Asociaciones de Agentes Aduanales de la República Mexicana, CAAAREM).
- Carlos Marrón, Senior Investment and Trade Commissioner of ProMexico Houston, for their excellent presentation on the Mexican economy and foreign investment.
- Kartapurkh Khalsa, Import Compliance Attorney of National Oilwell Varco (NOV), for sharing its experiences and recommendations on customs compliance at a corporate level.
- DeLeon Trade, LLC and Givens & Johnston, PLLC, for organizing and sponsoring the event along with CCN.
