CBP Administrative Messages, Web Postings, Etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the following to its Web site:
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1. Various Postings to CBP's Web Site
Securing U.S. ports, canine enforcement, C-TPAT, and inspection technology. CBP has posted fact sheets on (1) Securing U.S. ports; (2) Canine Enforcement; (3) Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT); and (4) Inspection Technology. (Securing U.S. Ports, dated 07/12/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/port_security/securing_us_ports.xml; Canine enforcement, dated 06/12/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/k9_enforce/canine_enforcement.ctt/canine_enforcement.pdf; C-TPAT, dated 06/07/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/port_security/ctpat.ctt/ctpat.pdf; and Inspection Technology, dated 06/09/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/fact_sheets/port_security/technology.ctt/technology.pdf.)
Mexican Customs and CBP efforts to facilitate cargo truck processing at Otay Mesa. CBP has issued a press release announcing that on June 7, 2006, Mexican Customs and CBP officials announced strategies implemented at U.S. and Mexican cargo processing facilities at Otay Mesa during the past weeks to reduce increasing cargo truck processing waits caused by a large increase in laden trucks and the conversion at the U.S. facility to a new computerized processing system. (Press release, dated 06/07/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/062006/06072006_2.xml.)
Free and Secure Trade video. CBP has made available on its Web site a comprehensive narration on Free and Secure Trade (FAST) procedures for carriers, drivers, importers, Mexican manufacturers, locations of enrollment centers, and requirements for use of dedicated lanes. (FAST video available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/commercial_enforcement/ctpat/fast/.)