QUESTION: Is anyone else looking at the new C-TPAT importer criteria. Especially below must for verifying the first foreign location for the carrier. Has anyone else looked at this and how you will address. Describe how your company ensures bill of lading (BOL)/manifest information is reported accurately. Describe your company’s procedures for ensuring the BOL/manifest […]
QUESTION: We are a non-member of C-TPAT, so therefore, do not have portal access. With that said, how do obtain new security requirements for our suppliers if we cannot access the portal? We are wanting to apply this year and need to get our suppliers onboard. Does anyone have a sample questionnaire for suppliers to […]
QUESTION: If a U.S. forwarder is C-TPAT certified, do we as importers still need to do checks on that forwarding company in their foreign locations? ================================================================ Answers: Not if the forwarder is C-TPAT or AEO. However you will need to work with them for a complete cargo flow. ================================================================ It may depend, the question may […]
QUESTION: I’m looking into this program for my company and have a few questions: We have a total of 16 plants, do we need to certify all plants or can we start out with only a couple of plants? I understand we will need to assign suffix for each plant since we are currently using […]
QUESTION: With the new MSC guidelines issued by C-TPAT, I was wondering if membership has adjusted/recreated factory questionnaires. Any templates you could share would be great. ========== Answers: Our SCSS sent a 112-question check list that is used for validations. At his recommendation, we are re-doing our security questionnaire based upon that document. I suggest […]
QUESTION: Does anyone in the membership have an example of a C-TPAT security questionnaire with the new requirements that is being used for suppliers? ************** Answers: Very easy – CBP has posted ALL C-TPAT member categories MSC questionnaires/topics in Excel format in the C-TPAT Portal for members to use, no need to develop your own […]
QUESTION: What are the requirements for a non controlled manufacturing company? If all of our products are under EAR99 and have minimum security such as some secure doors, badges. No physical securities or signs around the facility could we still qualify for CTPAT? Or AEO? Which one is less lengthy as well to apply? ******************* […]
QUESTION: Hi, Where is the best place to find data relating to a particular country’s C-TPAT risk? %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: The Department of State website is a great place to start. %%%%%%%%%% US Embassy or CIA country reports are a good place to start. There are also some private security firms that publish country level risk […]
QUESTION: Our company is wanting to prep for C-TPAT membership this year. I see CBP has temporarily suspended applicant submission until June 2020 since they will be updating the new MSC’s. In the meantime, we would like to go ahead and start prepping, would any other members suggest using the old MSC’s and when the […]
QUESTION: Our company is wanting to prep for C-TPAT membership this year. I see CBP has temporarily suspended applicant submission until June 2020 since they will be updating the new MSC’s. In the meantime, we would like to go ahead and start prepping, would any other members suggest using the old MSC’s and when the […]
QUESTION: Can a single business location within a company (with 30 plus U.S. locations) apply for C-TPAT certification? Can you explain how this could be achieved? %%%%%%%%%% ANSWERS: Yes, this can be accomplished in many cases, depends on many details specific to your company and overall setup. We would need to review your specific company […]
QUESTION: In a recent discussion regarding CTPAT protocols, the subject of how to properly discard used seals came up. I was curious as to how what processes the membership established to discard used or damaged seals. *************** Answers: Here is our Import container seal process 1) Inspect and remove the security seal. – Verify, by […]
