DELEON TRADE LLC
Customs Compliance Consultants
Deleon Trade is a U.S. Customs compliance and International Trade consulting firm focused on assisting importers navigate the complexity of U.S. Customs import regulations.
Our team of trade auditors consists of former U.S. Customs auditors and U.S. Customs audit supervisors with experience across multiple industries, programs and commodities. We have extensive experience assisting importers with multiple facets of the import compliance process: this includes assistance with Focused Assessment Audits, Risk Assessment Audits, Post Entry Audits, Quick Response Audits, Statistical Sampling Plan Development and Execution, Customs Reconciliation Program, Importer Self Assessment Program, First Sale Valuation and with development and implementation of Import Compliance Programs and Manuals.
Our clients include small and mid-size firms and large multinational companies across multiple economic sectors including energy, industrials, consumer, technology, healthcare, telecommunications and materials.
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Upcoming Webinars, Conferences and Presentations
Advanced Topics
Virtual Workshop Series
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Session 1
ADVANCED TRANSACTION VALUE AUDITING PART 1
CBP Valuation Auditing and Transactional Auditing
10:00 am - Noon CST
Part One of this one-of-a-kind Customs Valuation Auditing and
Transactional Auditing Course
will be led by former CBP Auditors with decades of experience and will include:
- CBP Valuation Auditing Example
- Transaction Value Criteria
- Proof of Payment
- Value Deductions
-Foreign Currency
Session 2
POST ENTRY AUDITS AND CUSTOMS RECONCILIATION
Kristin Simonson & Cindy Deleon
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST
The course on Post Entry Audits & Customs Reconciliation will include:
- Best Practices for Post Entry Audits
- Information on Internal Audit of the CBP Reconciliation Program
- Potential Increases in Recon Audits & Penalties and How to Prepare
- Proper Documentation for Reconciliations
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Session 3
ADVANCED TRANSACTION VALUE AUDITING PART 2
CBP Additions to Value and General Ledger Auditing
10:00 am - Noon CST
Part Two of the Customs Valuation Auditing and Transactional Auditing Course will include:
- Accounting Basics
- Additions to Value Criteria
- General Ledger Auditing
Session 4
ADVANCED USMCA AUDITS & VERIFICATIONS
Cindy Deleon & Melissa Shanahan
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST
This Advanced USMCA course will include:
- USMCA Audits
- Tariff Shift Case Study
- Net Cost & RVC Case Study
- Inventory Methods of Fungibility
- USMCA Verifications & Audits Recordkeeping
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Registration Cost
One Two-Hour Workshop Session: $95
Two Workshop Sessions: $150 (20% discount)
All Four Workshop Sessions: $300 (20% discount)
* 2 CCS credits per workshop session (8 CCS credits
total) have been
approved by NCBFAA NEI
ADVANCED TOPICS IN
CUSTOMS COMPLIANCE
CONFERENCE 2021
SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2021
Omni Hotel - Houston, Texas
The 2021 conference will offer separate tracks dedicated to Advanced Imports, Advanced Exports and other Trade-related topics, and Trade Basics for trade professionals needing a refresher on international trade fundamentals.
Past Events
The Center for the United States and Mexico
and the Baker Institute
at Rice University
Present:
A Five-Part Webinar Series on the Implementation of the USMCA
Part 1. A CONVERSATION ON RATIFYING AND IMPLEMENTING THE USMCA:
A VIEW FROM CONGRESS
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
The
Honorable Kevin Brady
U.S. Representative, Texas' 8th congressional district; Ranking Member, Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
The Honorable
Don Beyer
U.S. Representative, Virginia's 8th congressional district; Member, Subcommittee on Trade, Ways and Means Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
MODERATOR
David Gantz, J.D.
Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics, Baker Institute
Part 2. Investment Protection under the New NAFTA:
Problems and Prospects
Thursday, September 24,
2020
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Céline Lévesque
Professor of Law, University of Ottawa; President, Canadian Council on International Law
Simon Lester, J.D.
Associate Director, Cato Institute’s Herbert A. Stiefel Center for Trade Policy Studies
Hugo Perezcano
Attorney and International Trade Consultant
MODERATOR
George Gonzalez, J.D.
Partner, Haynes and Boone LLP
Part 3. ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE USMCA’S NEW RULES
ON THE AUTO SECTOR
Wednesday, October 14,
2020
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Leila Aridi Afas
Director, International Public Policy at Toyota, North America
Flavio Volpe
President, Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association
Ruth R. Hughs, J.D.
Texas Secretary of State
MODERATOR
David Gantz, J.D.
Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics, Baker Institute
Part 4. IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT UNDER
THE USMCA
Wednesday, November 18,
2020
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Irasema Coronado, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, School of Transborder Studies, Arizona State University
Elizabeth Trujillo, J.D.
Mary Ann & Lawrence E. Faust Professor of Law, University of Houston Law Center; Founding Director, Initiative on Global Law and Policy for the Americas
MODERATOR
David Gantz, J.D.
Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics, Baker Institute
Part 5. CROSS-BORDER CUSTOMS ISSUES IN USMCA IMPLEMENTATION
AFTER FIVE MONTHS
The focus of this webinar — the final in the series on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) — will be the
real-world impact of the many changes on enterprises engaged in cross-border trade. These changes range from new requirements for certificates of origin to high de minimis levels for package
deliveries to Mexico and Canada. Such rules, if properly implemented, will benefit millions of North American businesses and consumers.
This event is the last in a series of five webinars on the USMCA, each webinar in the series features
outstanding experts from the United States, Mexico and Canada and provides viewers with up-to-date information on the progress, successes and challenges of putting the USMCA’s provisions into
practice. This panel was organized in collaboration with Deleon Trade LLC.
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Cindy de
Leon
Founder and Senior Trade Auditor, Deleon Trade LLC; former Senior Auditor and Assistant Field Director, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Regulatory Audit Division,
Chicago
Federico (Kiko) Zuniga
Director, Educational Institute at the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America
Queena
Fan
Director, USMCA Center, U.S. Customs and Border Protection
MODERATOR
David A. Gantz, J.D.
Will Clayton Fellow in Trade and International Economics, Baker Institute
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