U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued an ABI administrative message which it states updates previous messages on the Period Monthly Statement (PMS) application procedures for non-portal accounts and Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) partners who hold portal accounts.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted an updated version of its list of answers to questions submitted by the trade community at its November 2005 Trade Symposium which is posted to CBP's Web site.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a notice announcing that the next meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) will be held on February 9, 2006 in Washington, DC. (This committee was previously called the "Treasury Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of the U.S. Customs Service.")
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice announcing that it will be holding its second Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Enrollment Seminar for the Mexican and Canadian Highway Carrier and Manufacturing sectors of C-TPAT in San Diego, California on February 14 - 16, 2006.
CBP has posted the following to its Web site:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to its Web site its quarterly report on the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) entitled Report to Congress: The Automated Commercial Environment. This report is dated September 30, 2005 and covers the July 1, 2005 - September 30, 2005 period.
At its December 1, 2005 meeting, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Functions (COAC) presented its proposal for certain "green lane" benefits for Tier 3 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) members.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release announcing that the U.S. and Korea have agreed on an initial import protocol that will allow the U.S. to export boneless beef from cattle less than 30 months of age under a Beef Export Verification Program. Korea has prohibited imports of U.S. beef and beef products since December 2003. (USTR Press Release, dated 01/13/06, available at http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2006/January/Secretary_Johanns_USTR_Portman_Welcome_Progress_to_Reopen_Korean_Market_to_US_Beef.html)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site its answers to questions submitted by the trade community at its November 2005 Trade Symposium.