CBP Issues Latest C-TPAT Statistics
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has released the following statistics touting the agency's 2005 progress in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program:
| January 1, 2005 | December 31, 2005 |
| 8,643 Applicants | 10,286 Applicants (16% increase) |
| 4,615 Certified Partners | 5,636 Certified Partners (18% Increase) |
| Paper Submission of Applications | On-Line Electronic Submissions of Applications |
Guidelines | Minimum Security Criteria |
| 38 Supply Chain Security Specialists; 4 field offices | 88 Supply Chain Security Specialists; 5 Field Offices (50 more specialists hired in 2006) |
| 403 Validations Completed (8%) | 1,405 Validations Completed (25%) |
| 518 Validations in Progress (11%) | 2,273 Validations in Progress (41%) |
One Standard Benefits Package | Tiered Benefits Structure |
| Validations Conducted Using Checklists, Notepads | Validations Conducted Using Automated Assessment Questionnaires (with more than 900 questions)/ Tablet PCs |
CBP has issued additional answers to questions submitted by importers at CBP's Trade Symposium held in Washington, DC in November 2005. U.S. Importers should review these questions and answers as they provide some very interesting and valuable information regarding C-TPAT , Focused Assessments, ISA and other CBP programs. For example, CBP stated that information uncovered during C-TPAT validations is supposed to be kept confidential within the Office of Field Operations and that such information is not shared with the Office of Strategic Trade/ Regulatory Audit (the CBP division that conducts Focused Assessments). The answers to the questions raised at the Trade Symposium can be found at the following link: www.customs.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/communications_to_trade/trade_2005/answers_qcards.ctt/answers_qcards.doc
(opens as Word document).
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