C-TPAT Validation Slowdown Due to Change in Revalidation Time Period, Says CBP
The decline in CBP's validations of companies applying for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program is due to a change in the revalidation time period, said a CBP spokeswoman. "The number of validations is slightly lower compared to 2012 as we have adjusted the revalidation time period from 3 years to 4 years," she said. A recently released CBP document on the C-TPAT program seemed to indicate a slowdown in validations this year (see 13060511).
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CBP is on track to finish a total of 2,200 validations this year, the spokeswoman said. While CBP has only completed 616 validations as of June 1, "our current work plan provides for 2,200 validations this year," she said.