Canada Border Services Agency has posted "Cargo Sealing Guidelines for PIP Members" which provides guidelines for Partners in Protection (PIP) members on the use of high-security mechanical seals on containers and trailers for imported, exported and in-transit cargo.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted the comments of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) on CBP's Trade Strategy for fiscal years 2009-2013.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2008.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an abridged external partner version of the U.S.-European Union roadmap towards Mutual Recognition1 of trade partnership programs (CBP's C-TPAT and EU's AEO).
Transportation Security Administration officials at a recent Washington Air Cargo Association meeting discussed the mandate of 50% screening1 of cargo on passenger aircraft by February 2009 and 100% screening of such cargo by August 2010.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its 2008 "year in review" for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program.
CBP has issued a CSMS message on the implementation of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) for goods entered or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after February 1, 2009. Importers and brokers may file claims for preferential tariff treatment on goods that originate under the PTPA. These claims may be made at the time of entry summary by placing the SPI "PE" on the CBP Form 7501 as a prefix to the HTS item number for each line on which preferential treatment is claimed. The programming updates to the ACS allowing for automated processing have not yet been completed. Therefore, until further notice, importers claiming preference under the PTPA should file manual entries or file ABI entries at release with manual entry summaries. (See ITT's Online Archives or 02/02/09 news, 09020210, for BP summary of Proclamation 8341, which amended the HTS to implement the PTPA, etc.)(CSMS 09-000070, dated 01/30/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17456&page=&srch_argv=09-000070&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating the Transaction reports in ACE still have static data for the dates between January 19 and January 24th. A communication will be sent once the Transaction reports are fully updated in ACE. (CSMS 09-000059, issued 01/27/09, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17445&page=&srch_argv=&srchtype=&btype=&sortby=&sby=)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice entitled Notice of Examination: April 2009 Customs Broker License Examination, which announces that the next customs broker license exam will be held on Monday, April 6, 2009.
CBP has posted its report to Congress on the Automated Commercial Environment for the third quarter of fiscal year 2008 (April 1, 2008 to June 30, 2008). The report provides an update on ACE accomplishments, challenges, fiscal status, and upcoming program milestones. Appendix G of the report was posted separately. (See future issues of ITT for details.)(Report, Appendix G, posted 01/13/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace/quarterly_reports/ace_status_report_to_congress_june_2008/fy08_3rd_quarter.ctt/fy08_3rd_quarter.pdf and http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/automated/modernization/ace/quarterly_reports/ace_status_report_to_congress_june_2008/app_integration.ctt/app_integration.pdf)