CBP Highlights ISA Pre-Certification Pilot, Broker Regs Rewrite Among Goals for 2013

January 30, 2013 by Tim Warren|Customs

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.

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.