CBP Says it Has Yet to Finalize Five CEE Locations
The remaining five locations for CBP Centers for Expertise and Excellence (CEEs) are yet to be finalized, said officials at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. There are currently two CEEs, one for Electronics in Long Beach, Calif. and one for Pharmaceuticals in New York. CBP announced plans for two more CEEs, an Automotive and Aerospace center in Detroit and a Petroleum, Natural Gas and Minerals center in Houston, on May 10, 2012, but locations of five others scheduled to be completed by the end of FY 2013 weren't mentioned in an updated "Trade Transformation" document (here).
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A past "Trade Transformation" document included a list of the nine CEEs and their locations:
- Agriculture and Prepared Products-Miami
- Automotive and Aerospace-Detroit
- Base Metals and Machinery-Laredo
- Consumer Products-Chicago
- Industrial & Manufacturing Materials-Buffalo
- Information Technology & Consumer Electronics-Los Angeles
- Petroleum, Natural Gas and Minerals-Houston
- Pharmaceuticals, Health and Chemicals-New York
- Textiles, Wearing Apparel and Footwear-Atlanta
(See ITTs Online Archives 12021411 for summary of February "Trade Transformation" that included this CEE list of nine).