During the April 16, 2010 meeting of the COAC Importer Security Filing Subcommittee, CBP officials and Subcommittee members discussed various issues, including the status of ISF graduated enforcement, possible benefits for highly compliant ISF filers, finalization of the ISF, etc. CBP officials also discussed 10+2 at the April 2010 National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America annual conference.
1. ITA, USTR Request Comments on Trade Advisory Committee System
1. NAM Responds to Gate's Export Control Reform Proposals
Minutes from the February 16, 2010, March 8, 2010, March 22, 2010, and March 29, 2010 meetings of the COAC Importer Security Filing Subcommittee have recently been posted to CBP’s Web site. During these meetings, the Subcommittee addressed a number of ISF-related issues, highlights of which include:
Legislation to reauthorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection is expected to be a priority for the Senate Finance Committees in summer 2010.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has recently posted its "Import Trade Trends" report for fiscal year 2009.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection's New York/Newark Port has issued an Informational Pipeline stating that it will give Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism importers the benefit of expeditious completion of any non-intrusive inspections (NII) designated for their containers.
During the February 25, 2010 Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) meeting, COAC's Air Cargo Security Subcommittee provided an update on its efforts to identify and resolve air cargo security redundancies.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a presentation providing an update on the implementation of the 10+2 interim final rule that requires Security Filing information from importers and additional information from carriers for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
On March 17, 2010, the Government Accountability Office testified before Congress1 on the Transportation and Security Administration's efforts to meet the 100% screening mandate for cargo on domestic and inbound (foreign) passenger aircraft by the August 2010 deadline2.