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Dear friends and customers,

The following is to inform you that the Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service has issued a final rule amending its regulations to strengthen oversight and enforcement of the production, handling, and sale of organic agricultural products beginning March 19, 2024.
 
An AMS press release states that this rule “protects organic integrity and bolsters farmer and consumer confidence in the USDA organic seal by supporting strong organic control systems, improving farm to market traceability, increasing import oversight authority, and providing robust enforcement of the organic regulations.” Key updates include the following.

- Expanding the requirement for National Organic Program import certificates to all organic products imported into the U.S.
- Clarifying conditions for establishing, evaluating, and terminating equivalence determinations with foreign government organic programs to ensure the compliance of organic products imported from countries that have organic trade arrangements or agreements with the U.S.
- Clarifying the method of calculating the percentage of organic ingredients in a multi-ingredient product.
- Requiring non-retail containers used to ship or store organic products to be labeled with organic identity and be traceable to audit trail documentation.

For more information, please visit the following link from the Federal Register:
National Organic Program (NOP); Strengthening Organic Enforcement and USDA Publishes Strengthening Organic Enforcement Final Rule

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our offices.
Sincerely,

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Dear friends and customers,

Below please find the updated contact list for Calexico Commercial Port contacts at CBP:

Calexico Cargo Supervisors
Bernardo Bolanos Soto
bernardo.bolanos-soto@cbp.dhs.gov

Alejandro Robles Tellez
alejandro.i.robles-tellez@cbp.dhs.gov

Charles Howe
charles.j.howe@cbp.dhs.gov

Jerry Romero
jerry.romero@cbp.dhs.gov

Roxanne Barrios
roxanne.barrios@cbp.dhs.gov

Karina Carrera Castro
karina.i.carrera-castro@cbp.dhs.gov

Watch Commander
Alex Lopez
alejandro.lopez1@cbp.dhs.gov

For more details, please refer to the attached PIN from CBP.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact our offices.

Sincerely,

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Dear friends and customers,

The following is to inform you that CBP will implement a 60-day pilot program dedicating an additional soutbound gate for the processing of empty conveyances.
Effective immediately, CBP will open an additional southbound gate from Monday to Friday between the hours of 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The pilot program, concludes March 17, 2023.

There will be no changes to other previously approved hours of operation.

For more details, please refer to the attached PIN from CBP.
If you have more questions, please feel free to contact our offices.

Sincerely,

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Dear friends and customers,

The following is to inform you that CBP has determined that the pilot program for expanded hours of Hazmat processing has been a significant benefit to the trade community.
The extended days of the pilot program will be implemented on a permanent basis as follows:

Thursdays and Fridays:
6:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Hazmat documents for review must be submitted on Wednesday prior to processing shipments:
6:00 AM - 12:00 PM

For more details, please refer to the attached PIN from CBP.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact our offices.

Sincerely,

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Dear friends and customers,

Please find below a listing of Federal Holidays for Calendar Year 2023.

For more details, please refer to CSMS #54415485- Federal Holidays for Calendar Year 2023.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact our offices.

Sincerely,

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Dear friends and customers,

We would like to remind our Warehouse customers to please use the “Shipping Request” tool when requesting merchandise from their on-hand inventory. This tool embedded in our e-Warehouse system allows users to select control numbers and inventory quantities seamlessly avoiding potential miscommunication that might occur when requesting merchandise via phone, email or other means of communication. Also, this tool facilitates proper loading validation, avoiding potential errors that can translate into shipment errors and/or delays.

If you feel you need training on how to your this tool, please feel free to reach out to us at (760-357-3297) . We will be more than happy to assist.

Sincerely,

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