Supply Chain Competitiveness Advisory Committee Could Propose 'Overhaul' of CTPAT
A Commerce Department advisory committee is considering proposing recommendations to “overhaul” the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, or CTPAT, program. Norm Schenk, chair of the Trade and Regulatory Subcommittee of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness, said the subcommittee will…
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discuss reforming the program but hasn’t yet taken any formal actions. “Certainly after 9/11 there were a lot of positive things that went in through CTPAT, but quite frankly, it's kind of outlived its usefulness, and there's not a lot of companies that are joining or using it,” Schenk, president of NT Schenk & Associates, said during a June 24 ACSCC meeting. He said the subcommittee will potentially make recommendations to “connect the dots and provide a more comprehensive program that would help CBP and the PGAs achieve their goal.”