Exportise - Dec 2010 - Santa Gets Carnets - CIB Holiday Hours

Santa, U.S. Bobsled Team & President Obama Use Carnets

Santa Won’t Get Stuck in Customs This Year, Vows to Improve Christmas Eve On-Time Deliveries

For Millennia Santa Relied On The Wink And A Nod Of Customs Inspectors In 196 Countries Around The World To Expedite His Holiday Voyage. In The Current Climate Of Heightened Security And Economic Pressure, However, Even Santa Claus Can't Just Lay His Finger On Aside Of His Nose Anymore. But, Santa’s Down The Chimney Package Distribution Service Is Twinkling Brightly Again This With The Use Of The Multi-National ATA Carnet.

U.S. Bobsled Team Wins Gold in World Cup, Saves $25,000 Using ATA Carnet Export Document

The Gold Medal-Winning U.S. Bobsled Team Used Fifteen ATA Carnet Export Documents to Clear Canadian Customs With Their Sleds and Gear for the World Cup Competition. Each Athlete Used "The Passport for Goods" to Save Money Traveling Across the Border. However, the 4-Man Team, Piloted by Olympic Gold Medalist Steven Holcomb, Returned With an Item Not Listed on Their Carnets: a Gold Medal.

Obama, CNN Use Convenient Export Promotion Tool, ATA Carnet "Passport for Goods," to Clear Customs for NATO Summit

Obama and CNN Unwittingly Promote the National Export Initiative in a Documentary Short, "Lisbon in Fast Forward." The Photojournalists Demonstrate Clearing Customs with their Camera Equipment Using the International Temporary Export Tool, an ATA Carnet "Passport for Goods."

Holiday Carnet Delivery Alert

For overnight or holiday delivery of carnets, applications must be submitted by 3:00 p.m. Central time on Thursday, December 23th and 30th.

Holiday Hours

Friday, Dec 24th - office closed

Friday, Dec 31st - office closed

Holiday CIB Carnet HelpLine®

(847) 922-7588

Happy Holidays to our clients, partners & friends. Thank you for your business in 2010 and we look forward to working with you in the future. As 2010 winds down we want to wish you peace and prosperity in 2011.

With warm regards,

Curt Wilson, Leslie August

And the entire CIB team : Moira Wilson, Mike Host, Rachel Kern, Andy Salaverria, Beth Oliva, Mark Lim, Geroge Beirnadski, Jackie Dalgleish, Monika Jadeszko, Michelle Schmitz, Scott Anderson, Peggy Laxner, Dawn Jurzec, Troy Hasenhorlh, Peggy Rupp, Anva Nuguid, Maria Catanag and Jennifer Acello.