CBP Wants to Add Forced Labor to CTPAT by September
Although CBP was not able to meet its goal of adding forced labor to the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program in 2020, as it had planned (see 2007130041), the agency is trying to do so before Sept. 30 this year, according to Valarie Neuhart, CBP deputy executive director in the office of trade relations. Neuhart, who was speaking to a supply chain meeting on June 24, also said the agency will host industry days on the topic of forced labor the week of June 28 to allow people to see demonstrations of technologies that can trace products' country of origin, or can help firms trace goods through complex supply chains.
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CBP also set itself a September deadline to present the conclusions of its in-depth regulatory review of how it handles in-bond movements of goods. The agency, in collaboration with industry, wants to identify any customs regulations that are affecting in-bond processes, and is hoping to move away from paper documentation and to ACE.