U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an updated version of its overview of the Customs - Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Status Verification Interface (SVI), in order to inform certified C-TPAT members that access to the C-TPAT SVI is now found in the C-TPAT Security Link Portal.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a notice stating that certified and validated Customs - Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) importers who are not filing entry prior to the arrival of their cargo imported via ocean transport (sea containers) are not receiving their full C-TPAT benefits, especially reduced exams.
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 November 9, 2006 in New York, NY. (This committee was formerly known as the "Commercial Operations Advisory Committee.")
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has previously posted to its Web site information on the implementation of its new, mandatory Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Internet Application and Communications Portal (referred to as the C-TPAT Security Link Portal).
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America (NCBFAA) held its annual Government Affairs Conference on September 18-19, 2006 in Washington, D.C., during which officials from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), as well as staff members from Congress, spoke. Highlights of their remarks include the following:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has previously posted to its Web site information on the implementation of its new, mandatory Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Internet Application and Communications Portal (referred to as the C-TPAT Security Link Portal).
During the August 3, 2006 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC), U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials discussed, among other things, the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a summary of the August 3, 2006 meeting of the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC).
U.S. Customs and Borer Protection (CBP) has issued its minimum-security criteria for rail carriers already enrolled in the C-TPAT program, or for those wishing to join the voluntary, incentive-based supply chain security program.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted its new Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) minimum-security criteria for rail carriers, which are effective as of August 29, 2006.