U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its Performance and Accountability Report for Fiscal Year 2009 which includes information on CBP's material weaknesses and instances of nonconformance, its progress in achieving its strategic goals, certain budget information, etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted two documents regarding the mutual recognition of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and a foreign industry partnership program - an explanatory document and a frequently asked questions document. Highlights of these documents include:
As part of its fiscal year 2011 budget justification document, the Department of Homeland Security listed numerous FY 2011 goals for U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Highlights of those goals for specified activities include:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a final rule, which adopts, with changes, its August 2006 interim final rule that removed the exemptions from agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) user fees for commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international air passengers, which enter the U.S. from Canada.
The Department of Homeland Security has recently released its fiscal year 2011 budget request, which contains specific funding requests for U.S. Customs and Border Protection automation modernization, including funding for the Automated Commercial Environment, International Trade Data System, and Automated Commercial System.
The Department of Homeland Security has recently released its fiscal year 2011 budget request, which contains specific funding requests for U.S. Customs and Border Protection initiatives such as Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, Secure Freight Initiative, intellectual property rights enforcement, screening, etc.
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, a CBP official provided an update on the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism. Highlights of this update include:
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, CBP officials provided an update on 10+2.
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that the Ports of JFK and New York/Newark experienced inclement weather on Friday, February 26, 2010. Therefore, a snow day has been granted to all filers in these ports for that day. The Ports of JFK and New York/Newark are extending to all filers one additional day without penalty for late-filed entry summaries or payment of duties that were due on February 26th. (CSMS 10-000058, dated 03/02/10, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17840&page=&srch_argv=10-000058&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
USTR Kirk and Deputy USTR Sapiro recently concluded their two-day visit to Mexico. The two sides discussed the mutual importance to the U.S. and Mexican economies of using trade to create jobs and improve competitiveness. In an earlier meeting, the Ambassadors and Secretary Ruiz Mateos discussed topics including the North American Leaders Summit; bilateral trade issues such as transportation, tuna and intellectual property; the environment, and the Doha Round of world trade negotiations. (Press release, dated 02/09/10, available at http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2010/february/united-states-trade-representative-ron-kirk-concl)