An editorial in The Journal of Commerce opines that information-based risk assessment in the maritime environment is inappropriate due to the chance that a terrorist seeking to pull off a single attack could use the most 'secure' of containers - one belonging to a trusted C-TPAT importer. Instead, Stephen Flynn, senior fellow at the Council of Foreign Relations, states that a three-pronged approach is needed, consisting of smart-box sensors inside the container, nuclear-detection devices at the seaport, and gamma-ray imaging. (JoC ,dated 03/28/05, www.joc.com )
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site the March 2005 issue of its U.S. Customs and Border Protection Modernization newsletter which discusses, among other things, CBP's plan to launch (i.e., implement) the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 4 (Truck Manifest) at ports in geographic clusters, starting with the Blaine cluster.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its web site the new C-TPAT Security Criteria for Importers. This new security criteria document is dated March 25, 2005 and is identical to the final draft version of these standards previously made available in International Trade Today.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its implementation plan for the new minimum-security criteria for importer participants in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently posted to its Web site a Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) online application for importers, as well as application instructions. (See ITT's Online Archives or 03/23/05 news, 05032310 for BP summary of CBP's posting to its Web site of the online application and instructions.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) online application for importers, as well as application instructions.
On March 15, 2005, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert Bonner testified before the House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Homeland Security regarding CBP's fiscal year (FY) 2006 budget request.
The Journal of Commerce reports that a concept paper on "trusted accounts," which would take the idea of a Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) to the next level, was circulated at the January 2005 Trade Support Network (TSN) meeting. Under this new concept, a company would not only exercise the very best supply-chain security, but would also have the highest standards for compliance with trade laws and regulations. In return, CBP would offer 'trusted accounts" the greatest benefits. (JoC, dated 02/28/05, www.joc.com.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued its Fiscal Year (FY) 2004 Year End Import Trade Trends Report, which covers October 2003 - September 2004.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a new set of frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs) regarding the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and air freight consolidators, ocean transportation intermediaries (OTIs), brokers, and non-vessel operating common carriers (NVOCCs).