C-TPAT

Questions and answers about C-TPAT

  • QUALIFYING VENDORS FOR CTPAT

    Question:   I would like to ask other members of the ICPA how they qualify vendors, suppliers and business partners for C-TPAT?  We are a large multinational company dealing with thousands of suppliers around the world and the majority never ship to the U.S. on a regular basis.  Obviously these partners are graded at a […]

  • VISITOR ID’S

    Question: What are ICPA members doing to verify the nationality of visitors for CTPAT and deemed export concerns? Are you asking visitors to provide a copy of their passports?  Answers:

  • MULTIPLE CO LOADERS FROM CTPAT PERSPECTIVE

    Question: I’ve just learned about a practice that has been allowed by our Hong Kong Sourcing office – multiple factories co-loading in a CY/CY box taken out by one of the factories. For example, Factory A has a headload and picks up a container from the port to factory-load a CY/CY box; Factory B and […]

  • IDENTIFYING FOREIGN VISITORS

    Question:   What are ICPA members doing to verify the nationality of visitors for CTPAT and deemed export concerns? Are you asking visitors to provide a copy of their passports?

  • CTPAT SOFTWARE

    Question: Our company currently uses a software solution that handles all of our supplier survey’s for C-TPAT. Are there other members utilizing such software?  We have seen only a small amount of responses from our survey’s, which really poses the question if the software is needed?  Can other members elaborate on their experiences with such […]

  • CRITICAL RISK FACTORS/VENDORS

    Question:   I’d like to ask the Membership what policies or practices they have established for those Vendors who score a “Critical Risk” in the C-TPAT factory assessment or from scoring of a factory questionnaire.  Have they sought and received authority from Sr Leadership to not place PO‘s with vendors/factories who do not pass a […]

  • SEAL DISPOSAL

    Question:   I’d like to ask the Membership how they handle seal disposal for C-TPAT at the DCs.  My company is updating our portal submission and wanted to address this aspect of C-TPAT.  Would appreciate hearing from the esteemed membership.  

  • VISITOR SCREENING

    Question: Are companies asking their receptionist to use their DPL screening software to check all visitors to their locations for both Export controls and/or C- TPAT? (showing due diligence)

  • VISITOR SCREENING

    Question: Are companies asking their receptionist to use their DPL screening software to check all visitors to their locations for both Export controls and/or C- TPAT? (showing due diligence)

  • CTPAT and Supplier Contracts

    Question:  We are having a difficult time getting effective C-TPAT content imbedded into our company’s supplier contract language due to resistance by our supplier management contracts personnel.  Is anyone willing to share how you were able to get the language into your supplier contracts and what your language says?

  • CET EXAMS ON WEST COAST

    Question: I wonder if C-TPAT importers have seen an increase in the number of CET exams on the West Coast ports over the past few weeks. We file the ISF for all shipments; all of our ocean shipments are from related companies, still our containers are being pulled out for x-ray. Does anybody know what […]