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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.

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Drawback Now Allowed on Section 301 Duties, CBP Says; Worst of Shutdown Effects Limited to Seafood
January 23, 2019 by Brian Feito|Top News

CBP is now accepting claims for drawback on Section 301 duties on products from China, said John Leonard, executive director-trade policy and programs, on a conference call held Jan. 23 to discuss issues related to the ongoing federal government shutdown. The agency has fixed a bug in ACE that was preventing Section 301 drawback claims and is now able to begin processing, though the agency’s ability to resolve particular issues will be limited due to staffing issues caused by the ongoing shutdown, he said.

Topics:Customs duty, Drawback
Increased Coordination, Targeting Seen From CBP Audits, Requests for Information, Customs Consultants Say
February 15, 2018 by Brian Feito|Top News

CBP’s use of audits and other enforcement tools has grown increasingly coordinated and targeted in the years since passage of the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, customs consultants from KPMG said during a webinar on Feb. 13. The passage of TFTEA marked the beginning of a “different era” than that launched by the Customs Modernization Act in 1993, with the pendulum “completely swung” from informed compliance to enforcement around priority trade issues identified in the new law, they said.

Topics:Forced Labor
CBP Begins Discussions on 'Mod Act 2.0' Legislation to Support Future Trade Processes
December 7, 2017 by Brian Feito|Top News

ATLANTA -- The next several years represent an opportunity for CBP and the trade community to begin work on “Mod Act 2.0” legislation to set the stage for modernized customs processes over the next few decades, said Cynthia Whittenburg, deputy assistant commissioner in CBP’s Office of International Trade, at the East Coast Trade Symposium on Dec. 5. After 24 years under the original Customs Modernization Act of 1993, “we find ourselves once again inhibited by our current legislation and regulations,” she said. Judging by that law, which took five to seven years until final passage, the process could be a lengthy one, she said.