CBP Should Create 'Verification Process' for Vehicle Exports, Add Exports to CTPAT, COAC Says
CBP should develop a “verification process” for self-propelled vehicle exports, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee’s Export Modernization Working Group said during a Dec. 7 COAC meeting. CBP should also explore using its Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism for exports, the group said.
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In written recommendations adopted during the meeting, the working group said a verification process for vehicle exports would add a “preventative layer for stolen vehicles and for those vehicle exports that have not met the 72-hour prior to export requirement by the exporter in order to present the vehicle and paperwork to CBP that will be carried out consistently across all ports.” The verification process should also include “automation with an electronic notification to Carriers so that the Carrier and CBP can be aware that the vehicle has been presented and verified by CBP, facilitating clearance for export.”
CBP also needs a CTPAT program for exports, COAC member Vicente Herrera Gonzalez said during the meeting. Although the program was “developed mainly for imports,” he said the group believes it would allow CBP to “secure and target more effectively the exports” that may contribute to terrorism.