CBP has posted a report on the results of the 2010 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism partner survey.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its Importer Self-Assessment Handbook.
On August 25, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection held a webinar on Management by Account1 during which it announced that it is working on several high impact projects to enable it to pursue an account based approach to doing business.
During the July 28, 2010 meeting of the COAC Importer Security Filing Subcommittee, CBP officials and Subcommittee members discussed various issues, highlights of which include:
CBP has announced that registration for the second annual Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Northern Border Highway Carrier Conference that will be held in Niagara Falls, NY on August 31 -- September 1, 2010 will be closing at 12:00 p.m. on August 27.
During the August 4, 2010 COAC meeting, the full committee adopted the Importer Security Filing Subcommittee’s recommendations on benefits for ISF highly compliant importers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has since posted COAC’s recommendations on its Web site.
On August 4, 2010, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) met in Detroit, MI to discuss a variety of trade issues.
On July 27, 2010, Senator Collins (R), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Senator Murray (D), introduced a bipartisan bill that would extend port security programs now in place in the U.S.1
On July 20, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted 17 pages of recommendations from COAC’s Global Supply Chain Security Subcommittee that will be considered by the Department of Homeland Security in its development of a final version of its 2010 “National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security.”
On July 23, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Alan Bersin sent a letter to 16 trade and industry groups1 responding to a list of proposals that were presented to him to improve Customs regulations and operations.