U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the draft agenda for its Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection (COAC) meeting on December 7, 2011. CBP has also posted the following presentations, draft recommendations, and other documents (note that if the links below have expired, these documents are available here):
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on November 29 - 30, 2011 (notices of most significance will be given separate headlines):
On November 29, 2011, officials from the European Union and the U.S. met at the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) where they agreed to mutually recognize each others' secure traders programs -- the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) in the EU and the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) in the U.S. -- by July 2012. They also agreed to facilitate their customs procedures, strengthen cooperation on electric vehicle and smart grid research, raw materials, etc.
Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for November 21-23, 2011 in case they were missed last week. All articles can be found by searching on the titles or by clicking on the hyperlinked reference number.
Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for November 14-18, 2011 in case they were missed last week.
On November 16, 2011, the President’s Export Council1 held its fourth meeting to discuss the Administration’s National Export Initiative. PEC offered a number of recommendations to the President, including (i) completion of the USML/CCL review, (ii) development of a trusted trader program for exporters, (iii) the development of a single information technology system with a common export license application process, (iv) additional commercial engagement with the Middle East and North Africa, and (v) expansion of the Information Technology Agreement.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is announcing that the Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (COAC) will meet on December 7, 2011 in Washington, D.C. There will be comment opportunities before and during the meeting, and the registration deadline to attend or listen to the webcast is December 5.
Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for November 7-10, 2011 in case they were missed last week.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently posted information on improvements to the C-TPAT Portal (Release 65 - Adjusted Scorecard Post Response) that deployed on November 12, 2011. Among other things, this release includes a new "Adjusted Scorecard" that provides points to C-TPAT participants that implement required actions or recommendations during the response period for CBP's Validation Report.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection states that a new release of the C-TPAT Portal (Adjusted Scorecard Post Response) was to deploy on November 12, 2011. Key points include giving the trade credit for response actions, rewriting the validation response page to differentiate treatment of (i) actions required and (ii) recommendations for an adjusted score, and asking partners if they implemented a recommendation or not.