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Rescheduled Rollout of C-TPAT for Exporters Expected in 'Weeks'

The rescheduled deployment of the updated Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is expected soon, said Shawn Porter, Supervisory Supply Chain Specialist at CBP, during a webinar hosted by Integration Point on May 21. CBP delayed a roll out of several…

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new features to C-TPAT, including the addition of exporters, earlier this month (see 1505190026). A new rollout date must still be approved by CBP leadership "but it will be weeks, not months," he said. The delay was due to "technical issues that could not be resolved in the twelve-hour blackout window that we had been provided," Porter said.