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.
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As CBP moves toward collecting data from “non-traditional” parties earlier in the supply chain as part of its reimagined 21st Century Customs Framework, major questions include the standard to which that data will be held, as well as how CBP will enforce those standards on supply chain actors beyond the agency’s jurisdiction, CBP and industry officials said during a panel discussion July 18.
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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.
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CBP posted multiple documents ahead of the June 29 Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) meeting: