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Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT)

The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) is a CBP trusted trader program which focuses on improving private companies' security regarding supply chains and reducing threats from terrorism. 

Companies join C-TPAT voluntarily, making an agreement to work with CBP to protect supply chains, identify potential security gaps, and implement best practices insecurity measures. Applicants to C-TPAT must address a range of security concerns and create action plans to increase security throughout the supply chain.

C-TPAT members are considered lower risk when importing goods into the U.S., and are therefore less likely to be face exams at a port of entry.

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NCSD Consumer Products and Mass Merchandising Branch has Received 237 Ruling Requests in FY 2024
April 3, 2024 by Noah Garfinkel|Top News

The National Commodity Specialist Division's consumer products and mass merchandising branch has received 237 ruling requests relating to 312 products so far in FY 2024, Steve Mack, the NCSD's director, said at CBP's NCSD Trade Forum April 3. Seventy-six, or 32%, of the ruling requests were subject to trade remedies, while 64, or 27%, of the ruling requests involve country of origin scenarios, Mack said.

CTPAT E-Commerce Fulfillment Centers Certification Now Likely in FY25, CBP Official Says
March 27, 2024 by Noah Garfinkel|Customs

The Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism e-commerce fulfillment center certification likely will be available in FY 2025, said Bryant Van Buskirk, director of the Los Angeles CTPAT office, during a CBP Trade Facilitation and Cargo Security Summit on March 27. Van Buskirk said that CBP had hoped to be open to having e-commerce businesses participating at the end of FY 2024 (see 2304190029), but because of challenges in the "automation component," the release is likely to be pushed until the following fiscal year.

Topics:Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), CBP CROSS Rulings, Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), Forced Labor
New CTPAT Portal Will Need a Few More Weeks to Get Up to Speed
February 29, 2024 by Noah Garfinkel|Customs

The new Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism portal will only need a few more weeks before it can get back to where CTPAT was in terms of functionality before the creation of the new portal, said Mark Isaacson, CBP's CTPAT field director in Buffalo, New York. Isaacson said that CBP has a dedicated team working toward making the portal "very user-friendly," which has resulted in a lot of updates.

CTPAT Pilot Expansion Bill Reintroduced in House
January 2, 2024 |Congress

A bipartisan House bill that would create a pilot program for non-asset-based third-party logistics and warehouses to participate in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program was reintroduced last month. Reps. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Rob Menendez, D-N.J., Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, and Morgan Luttrell, R-Texas, introduced the bill, a companion to a Senate version that passed that chamber in July (see 2307210061).