CBP Highlights ISA Pre-Certification Pilot, Broker Regs Rewrite Among Goals for 2013
CBP provided a list of various Trade Transformation goals the agency is working toward in 2013. The list was part of a CBP document outlining the agencies 2012 accomplishments on Trade Transformation.
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Goals listed by CBP for the year were:
- Launch a pilot test of the Importer Self-Assessment Pre-Certification Program, which will allow participating licensed customs brokers to screen and vet applicants to CBP’s ISA program.
- Finalize work on the Role of the Broker regulatory revision project, developed to modify existing regulations to reflect current business practices.
- Engage the CBP Attachés and representatives in promoting and implementing CBP’s trade initiative principles and other CBP programs in cooperation with our foreign counterparts.
- Establish six additional Centers of Excellence and Expertise, covering the full range of commodities.
- Expand Cargo Release/Simplified Entry in additional entry types and requirements, and expand the pilot to the ocean mode of transportation.