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CBP Announces its Seventh Trade Day in Detroit

Release Date
Wed, 08/01/2018

DETROIT – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Detroit Field Office will be hosting its 7th trade Annual Trade Day from 7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 at the Cobo Center, One Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226.

Trade day offers a diverse group of U.S. and Canadian customhouse brokers, carriers, importers, and other trade groups the opportunity to network with commodity teams, specialist from the Centers of Excellence and Expertise, and frontline officers from CBP and other partner agencies.

in FY17 the Detroit Field Office processed $139billion in trade
In FY17 the Detroit Field Office processed $139 billion in trade

Participants include Immigration and Customs Enforcement- Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Consumer Product Safety Commission, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Food and Drug Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency, the Small Business Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation. International agencies such as Canadian Border Services Agency and the Canadian Food Inspection Service will also be in attendance.  

All who plan to attend are encouraged to register by Friday, August 31, 2018. Registration for CBP Detroit Field Office Trade Day 2018 may be completed online at https://ctpat.cbp.dhs.gov/detroit-trade-day-registration/register. Questions and/or additional information related to this event may be sent to rebecca.mcleod@cbp.dhs.gov or john.k.belcher@cbp.dhs.gov.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Last Modified: Aug 31, 2021