CBP Releases E-Commerce Supply Chain Map, Details on IPR Blockchain Test
CBP should adopt a new e-commerce multi-modal supply chain map to help guide decisions in that area, the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) Next Generation Facilitation Subcommittee E-commerce Working Group said in a draft recommendation. CBP released the document ahead of the Feb. 27 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting. The agency should use the map when "considering future policy, automation development, enforcement postures, facilitation programs and education effort," the group said.
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The map describes the e-commerce processes starting with the manufacture of the product through the arrival of the product. Each action includes a list of parties involved. The actions listed for after a product is transferred to a carrier and prior to arrival are divided up based on the mode of transportation.
CBP also released a brief description of its plans for a blockchain proof of concept involving intellectual property rights. CBP is "in the process of developing a blockchain POC to facilitate the tracking of intellectual property rights (IPR) licenses," said Vincent Annunziato, director of CBP’s Business Transformation and Innovation Division, in the emerging technologies government issue paper. "Introducing blockchain into IPR licensing process would allow CBP to track licenses from the rights holder to the licensee, as well as facilitate licensees’ ability to become licensors. CBP will be testing this proof of concept technology later in 2019." Annunziato previously said the agency plans to involve a new entry type meant for low-value shipments in the test (see 1812060007).
Many of the materials for the February COAC meeting are the same or similar to what was posted for the Dec. 5 meeting (see 1811300033), which was canceled (see 1812030022). CBP posted the following documents for the Feb. 27 COAC meeting:
Administrative
- Agenda (here)
Intelligent Enforcement
- Intelligent Enforcement Subcommittee Trade Executive Summary (here)
- Intellectual Property Rights Draft Recommendations (here)
- AD/CVD Issue Paper (here)
- Intellectual Property Rights Issue Paper (here)
- Risk-Based Bonding Issue Paper (here)
Next Generation Facilitation
- Next Generation Facilitation Subcommittee Trade Executive Summary (here)
- Regulatory Reform Draft Recommendations (here)
- Regulatory Reform Background (here)
- E-Commerce Recommendation and Supply Chain Map (here)
- Regulatory Reform Issue Paper (here)
- E-Commerce Issue Paper (here)
- Emerging Technologies Issue Paper (here)
Secure Trade Lanes
- Secure Trade Lanes Subcommittee Executive Summary (here)
- In-Bond Working Group Draft Recommendations (here)
- In-Bond Background (here)
- Pipeline Draft Recommendations (here)
- Trusted Trader Working Group (Forced Labor) Draft Recommendations (here)
- In-Bond Issue Paper (here)
- Pipeline Working Group Issue Paper (here)
- Trusted Trader Issue Paper (here)
- Trusted Trader Draft Trade Compliance Forced Labor Strategy (here).