CBP, Mexico Begin Process Toward C-TPAT Mutual Regonition

CBP and Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) signed a Joint Work Plan Jan. 17 that allows work toward mutual recognition of the two countries’ Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) programs. The work plan establishes a pathway to signing a mutual recognition agreement between CBP’s Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and the SAT’s New Certified Companies Scheme (NEEC). The plan, expected to be implemented in two years, was signed by CBP Deputy Commissioner David Aguilar and SAT Director Aristóteles Nuñez Sánchez, said CBP.