CBP C-TPAT Validations for 2013 Down Slightly Compared to Previous Year
CBP performed 2,129 total Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) validations in 2013, falling slightly short of its plans to reach 2,200 validations in the year, the agency said in an update on C-TPAT program statistics. The 2013 total included 576 initial validations and 1,553 revalidations, it said. While validations for 2013 started out slowly, the agency maintained it planed to reach 2,200 validations for the year (see 13060627). CBP did a total of 2,376 validations, including 640 initial validations and 1,736 revalidations, in 2012. The agency has done 33 validations this year as of Feb. 3, the update said.
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There's now a total of 10,702 certified partners, including 336 Tier 3 importers, said CBP. Importers, with 4,322, make up some 40 percent of that, while the 3,140 certified carriers make up about 29 percent. Brokers accounted for about 8 percent of the total number of certified members.