CBP Announces COAC Meeting Date, Releases Agenda

The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) for CBP will next meet Nov. 17 in Washington, CBP said in a notice (here).

The COAC will hear from the following subcommittees on the topics listed below and then will review, deliberate and formulate recommendations on how to proceed on those topics:

• The Trade Enforcement and Revenue Collection (TERC) Subcommittee will discuss the progress made on prior TERC, Bond Working Group, and Intellectual Property Rights Working Group recommendations, as well the recommendations from the Forced Labor Working Group.
• The Global Supply Chain Subcommittee will provide an update report on the progress of the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Working Group that is reviewing and developing recommendations to update the C-TPAT minimum security criteria.
• The One U.S. Government Subcommittee (1 USG) will discuss the progress of the North American Single Window (NASW) Working Group's NASW approach. The subcommittee will also discuss the progress of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Single Window effort.
• The Exports Subcommittee will give an update on the Air, Ocean, and Rail Manifest Pilots and discuss the progress of the Truck Manifest Sub-Working Group, which is coordinating with the 1 USG NASW Working Group.
• The Trade Modernization Subcommittee will discuss the progress of the International Engagement and Trade Facilitation Working Group, which will be identifying examples of best practices in the U.S. and abroad that facilitate trade. The subcommittee will discuss the startup of the Revenue Modernization Working Group, which will be generating advice pertaining to the strategic modernization of CBP's revenue collections process and systems. Finally, the subcommittee will discuss the startup of the Rulings and Decisions Working Group, which will be identifying process improvements in the receipt and issuance of CBP Headquarters' rulings and decisions.
• The Trusted Trader Subcommittee will continue its discussion on its vision for an enhanced Trusted Trader concept that includes engagement with CBP to include relevant partner government agencies with a potential for international interoperability.

(Federal Register 10/31/16)