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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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CBP Hoping to Roll Out New CTPAT Portal, Dashboard This Year
April 19, 2023 by Ian Cohen|Top News

CBP is working on a new, “custom-built” portal for its Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism program, including a new dashboard that will give CTPAT users insight into their examination rates and cost savings, said Manuel Garza, CTPAT director. The agency hopes to roll out the portal in phases beginning later this year.

Topics:21st Century Customs Framework, Automated Commercial Environment (ACE), Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), Forced Labor
CTPAT Pilot Bill Passes Senate Committee
March 29, 2023 |Congress

The Senate Homeland Security Committee passed the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) Pilot Program Act on an 11-1 vote March 29. The bipartisan bill would allow CBP to extend CTPAT to up to 20 third-party logistics providers, both asset-based and non-asset based (see 2303150074). Sens. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Tom Carper, D-Del., are the co-sponsors of the bill.