Question: CBP has advised when a Mexican manufacturer is a C-TPAT member their shipments are treated as lower risk and should have fewer US Customs exams. Also, if the Mexican Manufacturer, trucking company and US importer are C-TPAT members the shipments are eligible for the FAST lane expedited processing privileges. We understand that the Manufacturing […]
Question: A consultant in Mexico approached one of our maquiladora plants about C-TPAT and NEEC and the plant proceeded with the services. I found out later about the project and am concerned that the C-TPAT application will apply to more than just the one cross-docking location in the US. I believe it will affect […]
Question: I was just advised the US Customs wants to perform a C-TPAT validation. I has been a few years since the last one so it is not unexpected. However, one of the requests is that I send information on our company’s domestic distribution center that exports cargo to international customers. There was a special […]
Question: We are opening a new/moving 3PLs and looking for exactly how to handle the communication with CBP. Should we call the team at our port that all the entries clear through? Should we contact our CEE? Is there another form of communication that I’m unaware of? I already reached out to our […]
Question: My company has been a certified member of C-TPAT since 2002 as an importer and our primary foreign source of imported products (97% of total imports) come from our parent located in a major Asian country. We have been to this country 4 times for validations and re-validations. This year CBP wants to […]
Question: We are going through our C-TPAT Revalidation this year. I am looking at our Cargo Maps, and our company does not contract the inland freight; that is done by the foreign supplier. How do we track from the port of arrival in the U.S. to delivery when we don’t contract this? How do you […]
Question: Is it acceptable to have people added as contacts in the C-TPAT portal who are not US Citizens? ========== Answer: Why not, you are not disclosing any controlled technical data in your C-TPAT portal. ==========
Question: My company is a CTPAT Tier III company and we are in the process of updating our CTPAT gate procedures. I have been asked if it is really necessary to do a 7 point inspection on domestic containers as they enter our yard. These containers carry product that we purchase DDP and move on […]
Question: Is it unusual for CBP to select two different sites for “revalidation” purposes during the same year for the same company? I’ve received notices 3 weeks apart. I’ve personally never seen or heard of this… I’m curious if any of you have gone through the same. *************** Answers: We had one site chosen, the […]
Question: We are having an internal debate about the C-TPAT Minimum Security Criteria for gates. “Gates through which vehicles and/or personnel enter or exit must be manned and/or monitored.” If our facility has a gate that is open constantly during business hours, and then closed constantly after hours, does it need to be manned or […]
Question: Submitted completed Security Profile update in August 2015. Months later contacted by SCSS advising some sections rejected including a container security block completely blank. Upon comparison versus our printed download copy of completed August submission, we confirm that Container Security – Container Integrity MPTO (1601) did not exist in Portal 2.0 Importer as […]
Question: This is a question to those members who are C-TPAT certified and who have a large supply chain. With over 1000 suppliers, in 20+ countries there could be several thousand possible cargo flows. For those with similarly large supplier bases, how are you managing an effective, usable cargo flow? Did you develop in-house? […]
