CBP temporarily reassigns ISF program manager

CBP temporarily reassigns ISF program manager

DiNucci

   Richard DiNucci, point man for implementing the complex Importer Security Filing rule for Customs and Border Protection, has been temporarily detailed to the New York field office.
      The move is part of a personnel swap in which Leon Hayward, assistant director of trade and cargo security in New York, has moved to Washington to serve as an Account Executive for the electronics industry. CBP created the Account Executive on Nov. 1 as a pilot program to test how to deal with importers on an account level. The arrangement is designed to involve companies as partners in trade compliance rather than subjects that need to be monitored every step for possible violations.
   The Account Executive trial runs through the end of June, but DiNucci is expected to return to Washington in March or April, John Jurgutis, branch chief for vessel manifest and importer security filing in the Office of Field Operation, told AmericanShipper.com.
   As director of the control division at CBP headquarters, DiNucci is in charge of collecting air, sea, truck and rail manifests, and forms for bonded warehouse and in-bond shipments, in addition to the electronic ISFs.
   Under ISF, importers must submit 10 data fields to Customs 24 hours prior to vessel loading or risk penalties. The data is used to determine the relative risk of a shipment and whether it needs to undergo inspection.
   DiNucci's transfer is not expected to disrupt the ISF program, which caused great industry concern during its development, but has been smoothly implemented and enforced since January without much disruption to ocean cargo shipments. ' Eric Kulisch