On October 4, 2007, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a hearing, entitled "Security of Our Nation's Seaports."
Updated C-TPAT Minimum Security Criteria for Foreign Manufacturers (Applies to Mexico, Canada, Etc.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum security criteria for foreign manufacturers.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an ABI administrative message about driver/crew changes in Automated Commercial Environment that came with the September 9, 2007 deployment of Entry Summary, Accounts, and Revenue (ESAR) A1.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site a report of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism cost/benefit survey.
The Washington Post reports that U.S. manufacturers are increasingly exporting goods that do not meet domestic safety standards, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Among the types of substandard goods exported in 2006 were toys, lighters, fireworks, clothing, chemicals, carpets and pacifiers, which were shipped to Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, Colombia, the Czech Republic and the Philippines. (Washington Post, dated 09/01/07, available at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/31/AR2007083101877.html)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted to its Web site its report to Congress on the Automated Commercial Environment for the second quarter of fiscal year (FY) 2007 (i.e., January 1, 2007 - March 31, 2007).
During the August 16, 2007 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), CBP officials and COAC members discussed various issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its Instructions for the Customs Broker License Examination, which provides information for the October 2007 exam. It covers much of the same information as CBP's previously released Notice of Examination, but has some additional details (e.g., silent calculators are allowed, examinees may keep the exam booklet, etc.). (See ITT's Online Archives or 08/01/07 news, 07080110, for BP summary of CBP's Notice of Examination: October 2007 Customs Broker Examination, which announced that applications for the October exam are due August 31, 2007.) (CBP exam instructions, posted 08/08/07, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/broker_management/broker_exam/exam_instructions.ctt/exam_instructions.doc)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its new Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum security criteria for U.S.- and foreign-based marine port authority and terminal operators (MPTOs).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum security criteria for Mexican long haul highway carriers (Mexican carriers).