code, but the information is also included in the CBP Form 7501 Instructions. Just memorize the rules for deriving the Manufacturer's ID number.

This code is commonly referred to as the MID or Manufacturer Identification Code. This technique is also known as keylining. On the broker’s exam from October 2005, a question required knowledge of the term keylining.

Customs requires the formation of a code from the name and address of the manufacturer.The MID contains five components that are added together without spaces to create the code. The code can be up to 15 characters in length. The five components consist of the following information:

· Two letter abbreviation for the country of origin· First three letters of the first name of the manufacturer· First three letters of the second nameMany have praised NBC Foreign Correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin for his coverage of the Israel and Gaza conflict, who has covered Gaza before in 2009 and 2012. Mohyeldin, who has Egyptian and Palestinian roots, is one of the most experienced reporters regarding Gaza and has covered many war zones in the past.

So it came as a shock when NBC pulled him out of Gaza Thursday. An NBC source told The Intercept‘s Glenn Greenwald that network executives had security concerns as an Israeli ground invasion loomed. But NBC instead sent another correspondent, Richard Engel, and a producer with no experience in Gaza.

Anger spread on social media, and on Twitter the hashtag #LetAymanReport began trending.

No “Western” TV journalists have covered #Gaza with more nuance and heart than @AymanM & @SherineT. In