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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.

At long last Mexico will begin to accept and issue carnets as of Monday, May 16th, 2011. This announcement has been many years in coming and there were false starts along the way. As with most things surrounding the efforts to encourage Mexico to join the ATA Carnet system there will be a minor complication. Mexican customs will require carnets entering Mexico to be entered into a registration system to advise them of the carnet shipment. More details will follow on this blog as we get them.