Shapiro Brokerage Reorganizes to Align With CEEs
Samuel Shapiro & Company will reorganize itself to along the lines of CBP's Centers of Excellence and Expertise, the company said in its newsletter (here). "We have established seasoned entry teams that are experts in the specific commodity and focus strictly on the entry process and entry requirements," the customs brokerage said. "Supporting this group is our Compliance team that is organized similarly, is proactively researching changes that may affect importers and us, and is educating both you and your entry team about what they are seeing in the trade. This model ensures we are presenting the best product; it also puts us in an excellent position to challenge the CEEs whenever the situation arises."
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The reorganization also includes some geographic changes, Shapiro said. The company's Centers of Excellence will be located in its Baltimore and Charleston offices, it said. Shapiro is closing its Philadelphia office due to "the geographical redundancy of Philadelphia with Baltimore" and New York, it said. "Each person in Philadelphia has been given the opportunity to move and stay with the family -- to further support our new design," Shapiro said. The company's New York and Dulles, Virginia, locations, and parts of Baltimore and Charleston will primarily handle the air freight, cross-border and “simple” entries, as "we recognize that all business is not a good fit for this new model," it said.