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.
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.
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.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice announcing that it will be holding a Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) anti-terrorism training seminar on March 1-3, 2006 in Costa Mesa, CA. CBP states that participation in this seminar is limited to certified C-TPAT members only.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a press release announcing that its U.S.-VISIT program has completed installation of biometric entry capabilities at 104 land border ports, as mandated by Congress. DHS states that biometric entry capabilities are now deployed at all fixed ports of entry open to U.S.-VISIT travelers. (DHS press release, dated 12/30/05, available at http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/display?content=5314.)