Customs compliance: Solution paths

Conference done in French: The supplier and the Canadian and United States customs: the new challenges of new strategic management - ProAchat 2004 Trade Show, Montreal Convention Centre (Palais des Congrès), Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Vidéo : French interview of Mrs. Therese Vanasse prior to her conference

Roles and responsibilities - interesting comments - IN FACT Bulletin, October 2004.

C-TPAT (July 2005)   - Control system for the flow of merchandises to and from the United States.- VOLUNTARY program, for the moment. - The last step to customs compliance in the United States. - CBP has defined minimum security criteria for all applications in the C-TPAT program (effective as of March 25, 2005). - Criteria may vary from one company or industry to another. - New applicants will have to ascertain that they meet new standards before being approved. - Participants, registered before March 25, 2005, have been afforded to comply until September 25, 2005 to address the new security criteria. - According to the CBP, if you are not registered as a C-TPAT member, you are unknown and cannot be eligible for benefits. - In some instances, importers and/or exporters fall within the jurisdiction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. For those, customs compliance and C-TPAT are a must.   Vanasse & Associés Consultants inc. appears on the Ministry of Economic development, Innovation and Exportation of Québec (MDEIE) website as one of the consulting firms having the expertise necessary to support and train company when joining C-TPAT program. Thérèse Vanasse, President and CEO, is also an approved applicant in the NEXUS program. She has gone through all the security verifications to meet the requirements of the program both in Canada and in the United States. She is trustworthy.   C-TPAT 2005 Achievements January November - 8,643 Applicants; 6,615 Certified Partners - 10, 079 Applicants; 5 472 Certified Partners - Paper Submissions - On Line Electronic Submissions - Guidelines - Minimum Security Criteria - 38 Supply Chain Security Specialists - 4 Field Offices - 87 Supply Chain Security Specialists - 5 Filed Offices - 403 Validations Completed (8 %); - 518 Validations In Progress (11 %) - 1,106 Validations Completed (21 %); - 2,484 Validations In Progress (48 %) - One Standard Benefits Package - Tiered Benefits Structure: Tier 1: Certified Importers - Accepted Security Profile, Positive Vetting; Tier 2: Validated Importers, Meeting Minimum Security Criteria; Tier 3: Validated Importers, Exceeding Minimum Security Criteria: Supply Chain Security is Part of their Corporate Governance Structure: Adopt Security "Best Practices". - Individual Checklists, Notepads - Automated Validation Assessment Questionnaire, Tablet PCs Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Trade Symposium, November 2005   SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY: BY THE NUMBERS CSI-approved ports 26 Containers entering U.S. ports daily 25 000 Percentage of containers searched by U.S. Customs, 2001 2 % Percentage of containers searched by U.S. Customs, today 5 % Port compliance rate of new ISPS rules, July I, 2004 (when rules came into effect) 69 % Port compliance rate on July 27, 2004 90 % FDA Prior Notices submitted daily 20 000 Percentage of U.S. imports affected by new FDA Bioterrorism rules 20 % Number of facilities requiring FDA registration (Canada – USA) 400 000 Number registered, 6 months after rules went into effect 202 024 C-TPAT participants (U.S. program) 7 000 PIP participant (Canadian program) 740 FAST-approved importers (Canada) 12 FAST-approved carriers (Canada) 301 FAST-approved drivers (Canada) 29 000 Cost of a new VACIS gamma ray mobile scanning machine C$ 2 million Source: PBB Global Logistics, Solutions, fall 2004 Canada - AMPS First Year Statistics First Year at a glance - bar chart (Source : www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca) Statistics from October 7, 2002 to June 6, 2004 26 000 contraventions Importers 60 % Carriers 35 % Warehouse 5 % (Source : www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca)