The E-Merchants Trade Council released on Nov. 28 a detailed “redline” of proposed changes to the customs laws that the trade group is proposing to the 21st Century Customs Framework Task Force as it works with CBP to develop draft customs modernization legislation. The document puts “into specific statutory text EMTC’s recommendations on the Customs Modernization Act of 2021,” the EMTC said in its introduction.
21st Century Customs Framework
The 21st Century Customs Framework is a CBP initiative that seeks to modernize the flow of goods into the United States. The goals of the initiative are to enhance facilitation and security, ensure seamless data sharing, increase visibility into modern supply chains, provide enforcement flexibility and streamline processes to deter bad actors and protect U.S. consumers and businesses from unfair competition. CBP created a task force representing U.S. businesses which, after discussions among trade and CBP representatives of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee, recommended a series of legislative proposals currently being considered by Congress.
CBP's Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will next meet Dec. 7 in College Park, Maryland, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due in writing by Dec. 2.
Trade participants in the 21st Century Customs Framework “focus group” are set to meet with CBP and other government officials Oct. 17 and 18 to discuss a series of proposed statutory changes developed over recent weeks that aim to incorporate facilitation measures into upcoming customs modernization legislation.
As the finish line comes into sight for discussions with CBP on enforcement-related agency “challenge areas” under the 21st Century Customs Framework (21CCF), trade community participants now seek to steer the discourse toward facilitation and modernization opportunities that may prove crucial to getting buy-in from the trade industry.
CBP hopes that its 19 CFR 111 customs broker modernization final rule will go for publication "at any moment," and it will hold "multiple webinars" on the new regulations, which are set to eliminate district permits, to provide details on the rule as it is published, CBP Deputy Commissioner Troy Miller said at the Sept. 14 meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee.
CBP posted several documents ahead of the Sept. 14 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting:
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet remotely Sept. 14, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due in writing by Sept. 9.
Final recommendations of the 21st Century Customs Framework Modernization task force include mandatory partner government agency trusted trader programs under the CTPAT framework and authorization to reduce the merchandise processing fee (MPF) for CTPAT members, among other things, according to a document released in advance of a vote on the recommendations at the June 29 meeting of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee.
CBP posted multiple documents ahead of the June 29 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting:
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet remotely June 29, CBP said in a notice. Comments are due in writing by June 24.