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Recent News
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The End of the U.S. De Minimis Rule
As of August 29, 2025, everything changed. The U.S. government eliminated the de minimis threshold for all countries.
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V Joint Forum Customs – Regional Private Sector Group of the Americas and the Caribbean
At the forum, the Customs administrations and members of the Regional Private Sector Group of the Americas and the Caribbean came together to discuss vital technical aspects aimed at strengthening regional cooperation.
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New CLADEC Chairman Announced
At CLADEC’s Annual General Meeting in 2023 the CLADEC chair transitioned from Mike Parra, President of DHL Americas, to Francisco Ricaurte, President of UPS Mexico & Latin America.
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II CONGRESO ADUANERO DE LAS AMÉRICAS Y EL CARIBE 2023 June 7th & 8th, 2023
Fabian Villarroel represented CLADEC at a recent Customs Congress held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Fabian’s presentation focused on the necessary modernization of the Courier regime in Ecuador to effectively handle e-commerce The Customs Congress of the Americas and the Caribbean is the largest annual meeting on customs and foreign trade, which is made up of representatives
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2nd Regional Expert Group Meeting on the Exploitation of Latin American and Caribbean e-Commerce Platforms for Marketing and Sale of Dangerous Substances
CLADEC was invited to participate in a meeting of the United Nations agency, Global Rapid Interdiction of Dangerous Substances or GRIDS held in Mexico City.
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III Foro Conjunto Aduanas – Grupo Regional del Sector Privado de las Américas y el Caribe Punta Cana, República Dominicana
Fabian Villarroel and Frank Santeiro participated in this year’s meeting between regional customs administrations and the private sector at the annual COMALEP meeting, which was held in Punta Cana Dominican Republic.