APPAREL, FOOTWEAR, AND TEXTILE CENTER

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1 APPAREL, FOOTWEAR, AND TEXTILE CENTER

2 WHAT CENTERS PROVIDE Account Based Processing 2

3 Single Point of Contact 3

4 Increased Industry Knowledge 4

5 Increased Industry Compliance 5

6 Uniformity 6

7 Transparency 7

8 Predictability 8

9 AFT CENTER Director, San Francisco Field Office Brian J. Humphrey Director Apparel, Footwear, and Textile Center Eric Batt Partnership Division Asst. Center Director Alice Buchanan Validation & Compliance Division Asst. Center Director Mitchel Landau Enforcement Division Asst. Center Director James Snider 9

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11 AFT CENTER CONTACT INFORMATION By phone or Phone: (415) , Mon. Fri. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. PT Identify questions or concerns and provide contact information 11

12 PARTNERSHIP 12

13 ROLE OF THE AFT CENTER NAM National Account Managers (NAM) are assigned to the AFT Center Partnership Division. Schedules and coordinates monthly, quarterly or as needed conference calls with account and AFT Center management and staff to ensure open communication and address any procedural issues/concerns, etc. Preempts CBP Form 28/29 issues with open communication and obtaining clarification/resolution as needed. 13

14 ROLE OF THE AFT CENTER NAM, CONT. Annually generates and analyzes account CY/FY import trade profile data, identifies potential risks and trends. Go-to person for account to help resolve any trade-related CBP issue, concern, problem, etc. Maintains ISA oversight responsibility; reviews ANL and supporting documents and provides HQ with ANL summary report and annual program participation recommendation.

15 ROLE OF THE AFT CENTER NAM, CONT. AFT Center NAM: runs cargo hold reports twice a week works with ports of entry to resolve holds and expedite release monitors cargo exams and exam time frames works with ports of entry to expedite exams

16 AFT PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS Outreach Account issue/problem resolution Bi-Directional Training 16

17 AFT PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS, CONT. Conference Calls- ISA Cargo Hold Resolution- ISA in lieu of CBP Form 28- ISA 17

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19 AFT PARTNERSHIP DIVISION Organized by account 33 participating accounts 27 ISA + 6 C-TPAT Applicants on waiting list 19

20 AFT PARTNERSHIP DIVISION Receives and processes work electronically Performs certain entry and post entry summary functions for participating accounts Follows CEE Trade Process Document posted on CBP.gov. 20

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22 APPENDIX B: Guidelines for Documents Submitted to DIS via (Except for Export Manifest submissions - see Send to: docs@cbp.dhs.gov Subject Line: CAT=GEN; BOL_NBR= ; SCAC=ABCD; ACTION=ADD, DELETE, or REPLACE OR CAT=GEN; ENTRY_NBR= ; FILER_CD=ABC; ACTION=ADD, DELETE, or REPLACE NOTE: CAT must always equal GEN (for General) at this time. Additional categories shall be specified in DIS implementations guides as they are published over time. Attachments: File Naming convention = DocCode-AnyFileName.pdf NOTE: DocCode is a unique code assigned by CBP for each Document supported in DIS. Please find all document codes in Appendix A of DIS IG. EXAMPLE: CBP01-EntryABC Invoice.pdf Number

23 Body: START_DATA AGENCY_CD=Mandatory (Trade must identify owning agency. If more than one agency needs to review the document(s), identify multiple agencies, separated by semi-colon (ex. ABC;DEF;XYZ). Please find all agency codes at TRANSMITTER_FILER_CD=Conditional (Required for Filers with valid filer codes) TRANSMITTER_NAME=Mandatory (Name of company) CENTER_TEAM=TEAM_ABC Conditional (Required when responding to CEEs) PORT_CD=(4 digit port code) Conditional (Required when responding to CEEs) IOR_NBR=Conditional (Required when responding to CEEs) ACE_ACTION_ID=Conditional (Required at time of Post Release) LICENSE_OR_PERMIT_NBR=Conditional (Required when submitting a license) BROKER_REF_NBR=Optional (For future use) POC_INFO= Optional (Name and Phone Number) COMMENT=Optional (Any clarification/remark) RETURN_ _ADDRESS=Optional (if different than sender address) END_DATA Sender Signature/Company Stationary: (Optional) Company Name, Address, Phone

24 ENTRY SUMMARY ACE DIS: DIS 24

25 POST ENTRY SUMMARY Protests/Petitions DIS ABI PEA and Entry Summary Cancellations DIS PSC 25

26 PARTICIPATING ACCOUNT APPLICATION PROCESS Submit letter or U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations, Trade Operations Division 1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 2.3D Washington, DC

27 PARTICIPATING ACCOUNT APPLICATION PROCESS, CONT. Letter or must include: 1. Name and contact information for business 2. Name of Center business wants to participate in 3. Business s importer of record numbers 27

28 VALIDATION & COMPLIANCE 28

29 ENTRY SUMMARY ACE DIS: DIS Paper at Port 29

30 POST ENTRY SUMMARY Protests/Petitions DIS ABI or Paper at Port PEA and Entry Summary Cancellations DIS or Paper at Port PSC 30

31 V&C TEAM CODES Geographic Coverage Team Code 034 Los Angeles/Long Beach Field Office 044 New York Field Office 054 Laredo, Houston, Atlanta, Tucson, San Francisco, San Diego, Portland Field Offices 064 Chicago, New Orleans, El Paso, Boston, Detroit, Baltimore Field Offices 074 Buffalo, Miami, Tampa, Seattle, Field Offices

32 ENFORCEMENT 32

33 AFT CENTER ENFORCEMENT Enforcement activity can take place at time of entry or at post-release Some main areas of focus include, but are not limited to the following: Intellectual Property Free Trade Agreements Revenue evasion Transshipment Enforcement actions involve multiple groups within CBP 33

34 AFT CENTER OPERATIONS The goal of the operations are to facilitate legitimate trade while enforcing the laws and regulations against violators. The AFT Center works with the participating accounts to establish concepts/plans for future operations. In addition, operations focus on protecting our participating accounts from illegal importing/exporting of their products. 34

35 AFT CENTER IPR ENFORCEMENT Conduct National and Local operations Over 1750 seizures totaling nearly $20 million in value to date Participation between AFT CEE, Ports, NTAGs and HQ 35

36 ALLEGATIONS Allegations can be submitted by the trade directly through the e-allegation (cbp.gov), a Field Office, a Port of Entry or the designated CEE. Within e-allegations, the Report Trade Violations is to be used to report the following illegal trade activity: Misclassification of imports Country of Origin marking issues Textile/Trade violations IPR infringement Export issues Healthy and Safety Issues. All allegations affecting a participating account are to be forwarded to the CEE. 36

37 IPR RECORDATION The AFT CEE recommends all registered Intellectual Property is recorded with CBP. All product manuals with recorded trademarks can be submitted to CBP for inclusion in our internal Product ID Guide. The IPR Product ID Guide allows all CBP personnel (e.g., Officers, Import Specialists, Entry Specialists, etc.) immediate access to the recorded trademarks. The IPR Product ID Guide is only for CBP use and can not be viewed by outside stakeholders. 37

38 QUESTIONS?