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The Mexico Customs Authorities announced today the appointment of Mr. Gerardo Perdomo Sanciprian as General Manager of Customs. Prior to this appointment he served as General Manager of Planning on the SAT. The former Customs General Director Mr. Juan Jose Bravo Moises, will continue to work with the Ministry of Finance as Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Finance for International Affairs.

Welcome Romaine Seguin as our new Chairman. Romaine Seguin began her career with UPS in 1983. In 1994 she was named controller for the air district, based in Louisville, Kentucky. She was also the ramp and hub division manager. In 1999 Ms. Seguin relocated to Detroit, Michigan as the operations division manager and, in 2004, she was named managing director of the Minnesota district.

As Patrick Kilbride announced during our annual meeting, AACCLA and the U.S. Chamber recently released a survey of customs users in the Americas designed to identify specific trade facilitation priorities in the hemisphere, and promote region-wide ratification of the World Customs Organization’s Revised Kyoto Convention.

Daniel Boubet, General Manager of Federal Express in Chile, has been appointed as President of Atrex Chile (Asociación de Transporte Expreso de Chile). Join us in congratulating him and wishing him success in this new role!