2023 Trade Facilitation & Cargo Security Summit
The summit’s agenda will feature discussions on CBP’s role in international trade initiatives and programs and how they plan to facilitate legitimate trade flow while keeping the country safe from potential risks. This year’s event will be particularly noteworthy, given the significant changes and challenges in the global trade landscape over the past few years. We highly encourage CTPAT member companies to tune in for program updates.
Common Challenges in Long Term CTPAT Compliance & Management
CTPAT Members must take all reasonable steps to ensure that their supply chains are free of forced labor. Building awareness of the problem and working with suppliers to develop solutions is one of the best ways to address forced labor concerns. Here are some best practices that companies can implement to help prevent and address forced labor in their supply chains.
CTPAT Forced Labor Best Practices: Engaging With Stakeholders
CTPAT Members must take all reasonable steps to ensure that their supply chains are free of forced labor. Building awareness of the problem and working with suppliers to develop solutions is one of the best ways to address forced labor concerns. Here are some best practices that companies can implement to help prevent and address forced labor in their supply chains.
5 Tips For Managing CTPAT Compliance
CTPAT Members must take all reasonable steps to ensure that their supply chains are free of forced labor. Building awareness of the problem and working with suppliers to develop solutions is one of the best ways to address forced labor concerns. Here are some best practices that companies can implement to help prevent and address forced labor in their supply chains.
CTPAT | Combating Forced Labor in Your Supply Chain
CTPAT Members must take all reasonable steps to ensure that their supply chains are free of forced labor. Building awareness of the problem and working with suppliers to develop solutions is one of the best ways to address forced labor concerns. Here are some best practices that companies can implement to help prevent and address forced labor in their supply chains.
CTPAT & Cargo Mapping
CTPAT Members can leverage data collected from cargo mapping to ensure compliance. Cargo mapping refers to the process of identifying the optimal route for a shipment of goods from the point of origin to the destination. It involves analyzing various factors, such as distance, transportation mode, transit time, cost, and other logistical considerations, to determine the most secure and cost-effective way to transport cargo.
Forced Labor Compliance Impacts & Benefits
Due to the recent toughening of forced labor policies, US importers, exporters, freight forwarders, customs brokers, and other entities involved in international trade have an expanded responsibility to monitor, identify, and report forced labor in their supply chains. CBP aims to increase government-private sector collaboration to combat forced labor while providing additional incentives to encourage private sector engagement in the program.
CTPAT-Certified Highway Carriers & Risk Assessments
Pro Tip: While restricting your highway carrier business partners to being CTPAT certified mitigates substantial risk, do not assume you can become complacent based on that premise. Even the best of security measures can be challenged in the highway carrier environment and CTPAT status can also be suspended or revoked due to administrative shortcomings. Be sure to monitor your business partners through the CTPAT Status Verification Interface (SVI).
Managing CTPAT | For New Compliance Managers
A CTPAT manager’s role is to help ensure a company complies with all applicable CTPAT requirements, including security measures like access controls and physical security where goods are stored or processed before being shipped out.
