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Carnet applicants travelling to Mexico under carnet will be asked three questions by a Carnet Specialists when they apply. Asking these questions and understanding the scope of the visit help ensure that carnet users to Mexico have a smooth and trouble-free trip to this new carnet destination:

Congratulations to Amy Wagliardo, Director of Operations, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, for winning the Tiffany's raffle prize in Minneapolis this year. Amy's business card was pulled from the collection bowl on the final day of the exhibition at the League of American Orchestras annual conference. Enjoy the crystal paperweight as a momento of the experience in Minneapolis 2011.

The annual League of American Orchestras Conference is upon us and CIB is ready.  After a successful launch of our Carnets “Play the World” scholarships last year, CIB issued a press release well in advance of this year’s conference and immediately received phone calls and emails asking about the application process.

The recipients of this year’s scholarships are Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, The Knights, Philadelphia Sinfonia, Toledo Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Youth Symphony and, Greenville County Youth Orchestras.

Kudos to the 27 firms receiving the President's 2011 Export Award, E-Award, for their contribution to U.S. exports. Special congratuations to the two carnet users on the list, Codonics and Rauland-Borg, for their significant impact on U.S. exports. We have reprinted the entire list in our News section.

We have posted a new Advisory regarding carnets to Mexico and the details that are now available from Mexican customs and CANACO.

Bosnia and Herzegovina will accept carnets as of April 18th, 2011 and will accept carnets for all three conventions: Commercial Samples, Professional Equipment and Fairs and Exhibitions. Bosnia and Herzevogina is the 7th country on the Balkan Peninsula to join the ATA Carnet system. Other Balkan carnet members are: Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Croatia. Of all the countries on the Balkan Peninsula, only Greece, Bulgaria and Croatia (eff.

News, Sports, TV and Media - The Royal Wedding - A new Carnet Category has been added to the CIB website to address the needs of the media in covering news and events worldwide. It features The Royal Wedding happening on April 29th in London which is likely to break all records for publicity of a wedding because of the cross-platform coverage utilizing news resources, partnerships and media platforms. MSNBC plans for a Primetime Special and an iPad app in addition to the traditional TV coverage of the event. Even The Weather Channel is planning special coverage.