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UncategorizedMarch 19, 20140 comments

Importation of Mexican Produce

Munger, Chadwick & Denker is proud to announce the publication of John Munger’s new article in the respected Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law.

The new article, “Importation of Mexican Produce into the United States:  Procedures, Documentation, and Dispute Resolution,” has been published in Volume 30, Number 3, of the Journal, alongside articles by such renowned experts in international commercial law as Dr. Boris Kozolchyk and Chang-Soon Thomas Song.  It is Mr. Munger’s sixth published work in a law journal, and is available for free download here:

http://www.arizonajournal.org/ajicl/archive/30.3/7-Munger.pdf

The article identifies how cross-border sales of fresh fruit and vegetable produce have been made to work by the parties involved at each stage of a typical transaction, such as growing, transportation, customs clearance, warehousing, and distribution.  In particular, the article focuses on the steps, methods, and procedures used by the parties to carry out such transactions, which ultimately allow these transactions to work as effectively and efficiently as they do.  Mexican fresh produce now accounts for 37% of all fruit import value, and 69% of all vegetable import value, into the United States.

Importations of produce are not only logistically complex, but commercially complex as well.  Combine these problems with differences in the laws, language, and culture of the many parties involved, and the process can be difficult to understand and to manage.

The article is a welcome consolidation of information, law, and policy surrounding produce importations.  Mr. Munger’s expertise in these matters, gained over forty years of practicing law and while earning his LLM in International Trade and Business Law, is clear throughout.

For forty years, Mr. Munger has practiced international law, representing clients on five continents.  Mr. Munger’s five additional scholarly articles are:

“Subpoena versus Confidentiality Obligations for Appraisers,” The Appraisal Journal, January 1992

“Rights of Secured Creditors of Personalty in Mexico,” 16 Arizona Law Review 767, 1975

“Constitutional Due Process in the Civil & Military Justice Systems,” 14 Arizona Law Review 344, 1972

“Sanctions for Incomplete Answers to Interrogatories,” 12 Arizona Law Review 105, 1970

“Misdemeanor Compromise Statute,” 12 Arizona Law Review 162, 1970

Congratulations, John!