U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted on its Web site updated information on its selection of validators for its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) third party validation pilot program. The updated information includes the listing of an 11th company selected as a validator - Bureau Veritas Group Company.
CBP has recently posted the following to its Web site:
In April 2007 it was reported that U.S. Customs and Border Protection was developing procedures to give Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) members an additional benefit designed to reduce container demurrage.
According to Congressional sources, Congressional documents, and press reports, the House-Senate conference that is resolving differences between the House- and Senate-passed versions of H.R. 1 (the bill to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission), has adopted an amendment that sets deadlines for the overseas scanning of U.S.-bound cargo containers (in lieu of the different scanning provisions previously passed by the House and Senate).
During a recent speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Basham discussed a variety of cargo security issues.
During a recent speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Basham discussed a variety of cargo security issues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a press release announcing that the U.S. and New Zealand signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement at the 109th/110th World Customs Organization Council Sessions held in Brussels, Belgium to assist the two nations in safeguarding global trade.
On June 15, 2007, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2638, the fiscal year (FY) 2008 appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Transportation Security Administration, etc.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a notice to its Web site announcing its final selection of "validators" for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism third-party validation program.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a press release announcing that on June 30, 2007, the U.S. and Korea signed the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS-FTA). According to the press release, the KORUS-FTA is the most commercially significant FTA the U.S. has concluded in nearly 20 years. (USTR press release, dated 06/30/07, available at http://www.ustr.gov/Document_Library/Press_Releases/2007/June/United_States_the_Republic_of_Korea_Sign_Lmark_Free_Trade_Agreement.html.)