Question: A CTPAT Question: Can a service provider in China become CTPAT Certified in the USA ? The China company is based and owned by a Chinese organization and has no affiliation in the United States at all. My company is Tier III and we mandate all our service providers must be CTPAT certified but […]
Question: If an importer is C-TPAT certified is there a regulation that requires they work with C-TPAT certified customs brokers only ? If so could the Membership direct us to the particular regulation? *************** Answers: No, there is no requirement but why would you not want to work with a C-TPAT certified broker?? We try […]
Question: Many of our customers are undergoing their C-TPAT review and have been requesting a C-TPAT certification letter, in light of the discontinued practice for sharing SVI numbers. I inherited the C-TPAT program from someone else and am new this area. I have not been able to find any reference to a certification letter, […]
Question: We were told by CBP that we would have out C-TPAT re validation this year. CBP has chosen one of our suppliers in Indonesia. Our re validation will be in Nov. 1. Does one of the Compliance team have to/should accompany CBP?. 2. What will be CBP be looking for and expect from out supplier? 3. What […]
Question: We are a member in CTPAT and are trying to learn how Mutual Recognitionprograms work. Does anyone in the membership use a CTPAT Mutual Recognition program suchas AEO in the EU? Or, does anyone have familiarity with what is required to participate viamutual recognition? We are trying to find out how much work is […]
Question: I am currently debating our identification policy for employees who visit other company offices and I wanted to see what other C-TPAT members are doing. Our Security team believes that it is sufficient for the visiting employee to sign in and show ID, but that they do not have to wear a visitor badge. […]
Question: We are a C-TPAT company and we manufacture controlled products. Our policy is to screen all visitors who enter our facility. My company is planning to invite families and friends to an open house this Spring. If we secure all controlled products and do not allow access to this area during the open house […]
Question: I think there may be a debate on this at the next conference (or maybe I missed it at the fall conference), but I genuinely want to hear from the membership on the pros and cons of C-TPAT. At my former employer, I was one of the first members of C-TPAT, as it was […]
Question: We are looking to update our standard purchase order terms and conditions that carriers, service providers, i.e., freight forwarders, import brokers, must be C-TPAT certified. Can anyone share contract language that has been successfully implemented to garner support from the community? ************ ANSWER: See attached.Sample PO Terms & Conditions C-TPAT Statement They need to […]
Question: We are looking to update our standard purchase order terms and conditions that carriers, service providers, i.e., freight forwarders, import brokers, must be C-TPAT certified. Can anyone share contract language that has been successfully implemented to garner support from the community? ************ ANSWER: Attached Sample PO Terms & Conditions C-TPAT Statement. They need to meet […]
Question: I think there may be a debate on this at the next conference (or maybe I missed it at the fall conference), but I genuinely want to hear from the membership on the pros and cons of C-TPAT. At my former employer, I was one of the first members of C-TPAT, as it was […]
Question: Our company uses a domestic warehouse run by a national 3PL. The specific location we use receives and distributes both domestic and international freight. We are their only customer in this warehouse location who ships or receives international freight. The 3PL is C-TPAT certified. However, for our company, the 3PL only receives and ships […]
