CBP posted an updated document regarding the mutual recognition of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and foreign industry partnership programs.
CBP will soon launch a pilot test of the Importer Self-Assessment Pre-Certification Program (ISAPC) that will allow CBP-certified customs brokers to screen and vet applicants to CBP’s ISA program, the agency said in a report on the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC) Role of the Broker Subcommittee. The report was released ahead of the Aug. 15 COAC meeting in Seattle. According to CBP with ISAPC, eligible ISA applicants will be approved for the program in 90 to 120 days rather than 9 to 18 months. The CBP Role of the Broker report is (here).
CBP will modify its selection criteria and expand the participant pool for the a National Customs Automation Program (NCAP) test on ACE simplified entry capability, the agency said in a notice in the Federal Register Aug. 14. Simplified entry allows participants to file 12 required, and three optional data elements with CBP prior to arrival in the U.S. The ongoing initial phase of the test is only for air transportation mode and will run through Dec. 31, 2013. The changes to the pilot are effective Aug. 14, according to the notice. (FR 08/14)
CBP posted its draft agenda and numerous other documents for the upcoming Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) meeting on Aug. 15 in Seattle. The materials include presentations, draft recommendations, and other documents on the role of the Broker, Simplified Entry, Bonds, Residue, the Global Supply Chain, and other topics.
CBP said the 2012 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Conference originally scheduled for Sept 24-26 will be postponed and the conference won't be held in September "due to scheduling and logistics challenges." CBP said it's working to "revise the planning in order to bring you the conference material at a later date." CBP said Aug. 7 it was postponing the East Coast Trade Symposium.
Aug. 7 Bureau of Industry And Security's Materials Processing Equipment Technical Advisory Committee meeting, 9 a.m., Room 3884, Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th St. N.W., Washington, D.C. -- Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@bis.doc.gov.
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases Aug. 1-2 (notices of most significance will be given separate headlines):
CBP said the 2012 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Conference is scheduled for Sept 24-26, in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area. A nominal registration fee will be charged and further information will be available soon on this website, said CBP. Due to the popularity of the C-TPAT Conference, there will be a limit of two representatives from the same company enforced in order to enable a wide variety of companies to participate. Registration will open on August 7, 2012. The 2012 East Coast Trade Symposium is scheduled for Sept. 27-28.
CBP announced the location and agenda for next meeting of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations (COAC), Aug. 15 at 1 p.m. (PDT) in Seattle. Online registration for webcast and in-person participation is available through Aug.12, said a notice in the Federal Register July 30.
The Food and Drug Administration will not allow foreign manufacturers outside of Mexico and Canada to participate in its Secure Supply Chain pilot program, ITT has learned. Although the FDA’s July 20 Federal Register notice did not explicitly say that only U.S., Canadian and Mexican manufacturers could take part, Sara Clark-Lynn of the FDA Office of Public Affairs confirmed that only C-TPAT Tier II and III members are eligible for the pilot program, and acknowledged that “only foreign manufacturers located in Canada and Mexico are eligible to become C-TPAT members.”