The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet remotely on March 17, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due in writing by March 16.
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CBP will focus on getting through a backlog of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism revalidations that it had been originally scheduled to perform in 2020 as it lays out its work plan for validations in 2021, said Manual Garza, CTPAT director at CBP’s Office of Field Operations, on a call with members of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America on Feb. 3.
The U.S. and the United Kingdom agreed to formally recognize each other's authorized economic operator (AEO) programs, CBP said in a Jan. 21 news release. “This arrangement will take U.S.-UK cooperation on supply chain security to the next level,” said William Ferrara, executive assistant commissioner of the CBP Office of Field Operations. “Mutual recognition of the U.S. and UK authorized economic operator programs will mitigate risks, improve information sharing, and eliminate red tape for our partners in the trade community.” The agreement means CBP “will accept the validation of UK Authorised Economic Operators (AEO) and grant them approval status in the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT),” it said. “Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs will likewise accept the validation of CTPAT members and grant them approval status as AEOs.”
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CBP should work with the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee to “clarify the types of audits or reviews to which trusted trader partners may be subject regarding compliance, including forced labor,” the COAC Trusted Trader Working Group said in a recommendation that was approved during the Dec. 16 COAC meeting. Working group co-chair Alexandra Latham said CBP last month began Risk Analysis & Survey Assessments (RASAs) around forced labor (see 2012020046).
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its fall 2020 regulatory agenda for CBP. The agenda includes no new trade actions.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet remotely on Dec. 16, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due in writing by Dec. 15.
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CBP expects to eventually restart in-person validations for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, Manuel Garza, CBP director of CTPAT in the Office of Field Operations, said. “Due to the worldwide pandemic conditions, it was necessary to defer all remaining 2020 on-site validations,” he said in a Nov. 6 message posted by CBP. “I wish to make it clear that CTPAT remains committed to on-site validation visits and it is the expectation that the program will resume normal operating procedures once conditions permit.” After a successful “CTPAT virtual validation test, the program intends to move forward in utilizing a virtual validation platform to be able to validate CTPAT partners,” he said.