In June 2006, the World Customs Organization (WCO) Council adopted guidelines for the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program, as part of the Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade (SAFE Framework).
In June 2006, the World Customs Organization (WCO) Council adopted guidelines for the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program, as part of the Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade (SAFE Framework).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a press release announcing that its three-day Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Exchange Conference addressing ACE's modernized, secure trade processing that took place in Chicago, Illinois on August 15-17, 2006 has concluded. CBP has also posted to its Web site 27 PowerPoint presentations that were presented during the conference.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that it will be holding its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Enrollment Seminar in El Paso, Texas on August 29-31, 2006.
On July 25, 2006, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner W. Ralph Basham testified at the House Ways and Means Committee Trade Subcommittee's hearing on Customs budget authorizations and other Customs issues. Also testifying at the hearing were representatives from the following organizations:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted the following to its Web site:
The House Ways and Means Committee's Trade Subcommittee has issued an advisory announcing that it will be holding a hearing on July 25, 2006 on budget authorizations for fiscal year (FY) 2007 and 2008 for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS') U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and on other Customs issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that the Customs Electronic Bulletin Board (CEBB) has been retired and all valid materials have been migrated to updated systems, including cbp.gov. CBP's notice notes certain new locations for various information, as the CEBB page itself will be retired on September 30, 2006. (CBP notice, undated, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/communications_to_trade/cebb_linklist.xml)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a notice announcing that the next meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) will be held on August 3, 2006 in Washington, DC. (This committee was formerly known as the "Commercial Operations Advisory Committee.")
The 'security counsel' column of The Journal of Commerce questions whether the C-TPAT Mandatory Portal will leave the "partnership" behind and regress to a version of the "automate or perish" days of Commissioner William Von Raab. The column speculates that the days of a voluntary trade security program may be numbered given the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) critical reports on C-TPAT and the installation of an enforcement-grounded commissioner. (JoC, dated 07/10/06, www.joc.com )