U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a questions and answers document from its October 27, 2010 webinar providing an update on the Automated Commercial Environment.
CBP has posted the October 2010 customs broker exam and answer key. There appear to be no "problem questions" from the exam. BP is checking into the passing rates and will update readers when that information is available.
In a September 7, 2010 letter, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Bersin responded to an earlier Transportation Intermediaries Association letter on the merits of allowing non-asset based Third Party Logistics Providers (3PLs) into the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program.
The Government of Canada issued the following releases on November 10, 2010:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is extending the comment period by an additional 30 days on its proposed extension and revision of an information collection that would revise CBP Form 301 (Customs Bond) in order to accurately reflect the changes that have occurred with regard to CBP bonds and to make other revisions to the form.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued an email on October 6, 2010 indicating that new compliance measurement (CM) guidelines and the recent ACE update would place additional requirements on import specialists.
The World Customs Organization reports that in WCO Secretary General Mikuriya's keynote address at the 41st annual meeting of ASAPRA (Association of Professional Customs Agents in America), he promoted the importance of Customs brokers joining forces with Customs administrations in advancing Customs modernization and in remaining visionary, relevant and indispensable to global trade. ASAPRA President Alejandro Ramos urged Customs brokers in Latin America to embrace trade facilitation enshrined in the WCO Revised Kyoto Convention and the new AEO and Single Window initiatives promoted by the WCO SAFE Framework of Standards which are in line with reform initiatives undertaken by regional Customs administrations.
Customs and Border Protection is seeking comments on the following information collection for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):
On October 23, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin spoke at the Western Cargo Conference (WESCCON) of the Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Associations.
On October 22, 2010, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection official provided an update on 10+2/Importer Security Filing at the Western Cargo Conference (WESCCON) of the Pacific Coast Council of Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Associations.