CBP Efforts During Port of L.A. Work Stoppage Lauded by American Apparel & Footwear Association

CBP's initiatives in addressing trade procedures during the eight-day work stoppage at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach helped reduce related delays, said the American Apparel and Footwear Association in a letter to CBP Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar. Due to CBP's "rapid response when the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach work stoppage came to an end, the vessel backlog from the strike was able to be cleared quickly and efficiently, and ill effects on the supply chain were capped before they could get worse, said the AAFA. "With the December 29 contract expiration looming in our East and Gulf Coast ports, [CBP] has taken great steps in distributing guidance for diverted or anchored vessels in the case of a strike."

(See ITT's Online Archives 12122627 for summary of the procedures released by CBP.)