CBP to Test 'Global Element' of Trusted Trader Pilot
CBP will eventually test a "global element" of the Trusted Trader program, the agency said in a Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection document (here). The expansion "will include mutually agreed upon trade compliance criteria and reciprocating benefits between participating countries," it said. CBP is testing a new Trusted Trader program that combines the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism supply chain security program with the Importer Self Assessment (ISA) import compliance program (see 14101019). The agency has said it was considering aligning the program with Canada and Mexico (see 1412050024).
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CBP said the first phase of the pilot will last for 18 months with other expansions expected for a second phase. "Planning is underway to define program expansion in Phase II to be announced by [Federal Register notice] on a follow on date," said CBP. The next phase is likely to include "expanded participation incentives" and the participation of other agencies. The program was among a number of issues discussed during the Feb. 11 COAC meeting (see 1502100014).