March 14, 2017; Sheraton Westport Chalet St. Louis – St. Louis, Missouri

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) hosted an Importer-Exporter Conference on March 14, 2017, in St. Louis, Missouri. The conference was held at the Sheraton Westport Chalet St. Louis in St. Louis, Missouri. The purpose of this conference was to provide a forum to educate DEA-registered importers and exporters about topics such as International Trade Data System (ITDS), re-exports, tableting and encapsulating machines, letters of non-objection, Pre-Export Notification (PENS). In addition, topics such as Chemicals of Concern & Emerging Trends and Regulatory Update were discussed.

Imports & Exports of Controlled Substances & Listed Chemicals (ITDS)/Re-Exports of Controlled Substances (ITDS) – Mark Via, Technical Information Specialist, Regulatory Section, Diversion Control Division, DEA

Tableting & Encapsulating Machines (ITDS) – John Kronebusch, Program Analyst, Regulatory Section, Diversion Control Division, DEA

Pre-Export Notification (PEN) System/Letter of Non-Objection (LONOs) for Listed Chemicals

Chemicals of Concern & Emerging Trends – Aziz Elkholy, Staff Coordinator and Smita Patel, Program Analyst, Synthetic Drug & Chemicals Section, Diversion Control Division, DEA