Highlights of CBP's November 2005 Trade Symposium (Part III - OR&R Reorganization)
On November 2-4, 2005, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) held its annual Trade Symposium in Washington, DC.
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This is Part III of multi-part series of summaries on CBP's Trade Symposium and highlights the presentation made by CBP officials regarding the recent reorganization of CBP's Office of Regulations and Rulings (OR&R).
According to CBP, OR&R was reorganized in September 2005 into five separate divisions as follows:
Operational Oversight Division
Legal Reference Staff
Program Oversight Branch
Customs Information Exchange
National Commodity Specialist Division
Metals and Machinery
Textiles and Wearing Apparel
Special Products
Regulations and Disclosure Law Division
Border Security Regulations
Trade and Commercial Regulations
Freedom of Information Act Appeals, Policy, and Litigation
Privacy Act Policy and Procedures
Border Security and Trade Compliance Division
Penalties
Cargo Security, Carriers, Immigration
Intellectual Property Rights and Restricted Merchandise
Commercial and Trade Facilitation Division
Tariff Classification and Marking
Valuation and Special Programs
Entry Process and Duty Refunds
New OR&R organizational chart, including the names and phone numbers of the chiefs of each of the offices listed above, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/communications_to_trade/trade_2005/compliance_dialogue.ctt/compliance_dialogue%20.pps.