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Commercial Information Circulars

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Ref : EIC 111/2/16

14 March 2006

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 98/2006

US : "Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism" (C-TPAT)- Supply
Chain Security Best Practices Catalog

The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently issued and uploaded onto its website a "Supply Chain Security Best Practices Catalog" (http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/cargo_security/ctpat/
ctpat_members/ctpat_best_practices.ctt/ctpat_best_practices.pdf).

DETAILS

  1. C-TPAT is an initiative launched by CBP since November 2001 which aims at establishing a government-private sector partnership in order to strengthen overall supply chain and border security. Participation in C-TPAT is voluntary. For more information of C-TPAT, please refer to Commercial Information Circulars (CICs) No. 113/2005 dated 1 April 2005 and 32/2006 dated 19 January 2006.
  2. The Supply Chain Security Best Practices Catalog lists out examples of best practices found by CBP during validations and site visits at the existing C-TPAT participants and their business partners. It is intended to serve as a living reference document. However, one should not treat it as a master checklist of security practices that must be adopted in order to become eligible for C-TPAT benefits.
  3. The catalog will be updated periodically to reflect the best practices found by CBP. Traders are advised to visit the above-mentioned website from time to time for the up-to-date catalog or other useful information concerning C-TPAT.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries about the content of this circular, please contact Miss S Y TANG at telephone number 2398 5405.
     


Yours faithfully,

 


(Ms Charmaine LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry



Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.