Commerce Dept. seminar focuses on duties

by Staff -- Home Textiles Today, 9/19/2006 12:10:00 PM

New York – The U.S. Department of Commerce has teamed with Baker & McKenzie to present a morning seminar “What Management Needs to Know About Global Duty Planning.”

The program, intended for upper management of both large and small importing and exporting companies, will cover global customs issues around the world including the United States, The European Union and Latin America. The session will take place Oct. 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Baker & McKenzie LLP, 1114 Avenue of the Americas (at 42nd Street).

Registration is available at http://www.buyusa.gov/nyc/92.html. For information, contact Anastasia Xenias at the US Department of Commerce: 212-809-2685 or anastasia.xenias@mail.doc.gov.