Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection. Center of Excellence and Expertise

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1 Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection Centers Pharmaceuticals, of Excellence Health and and Chemicals Expertise Center of Excellence and Expertise 1

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3 What are Centers of Excellence and Expertise? Centers 3

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5 Goals of Centers 1. Increase industry-based knowledge within CBP - Advance bi-directional education to raise industry knowledge - Engage industry groups and key stakeholders - Bring all of CBP s expertise to bear on a single industry in a virtual environment 2. Facilitate legitimate trade through effective risk segmentation - Utilize account based methods to process trade - Expand partnerships - move more importers to trusted trader status - Develop and implement comprehensive strategies to manage risk 3. Enhance enforcement and address industry risks - Leverage industry to identify issues of mutual interest to provide CBP with targeting, enforcement, and/or intelligence information Trade Intelligence - Coordinate enforcement efforts by industry to address unique risks 5

6 CBP s Trusted Trader Programs CTPAT - Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Part of CBP s multi layered enforcement strategy CBP works with the trade community to strengthen international supply chains and improve United States border security. Applicants must address a broad range of security topics and present security profiles that list action plans to align security throughout the supply chain. CBP s Trade partners span the gamut of account types Expand partnerships - move more importers to trusted trader status C TPAT members are considered to be of low risk, and are therefore less likely to be examined at a U.S. port of entry and are accorded additional benefits ISA - Importer Self Assessment A trade facilitation partnership program as a voluntary approach to trade compliance Goal of evaluating and building importers systems of internal controls while strengthening the lines of communication between the trade and CBP Participants must be C-TPAT certified and a U.S. or Canada resident importer Benefits of ISA membership include expedited cargo release, Importer Trade Activity (ITRAC) Data free of charge, and removal from Regulatory Audit s audit pool 6

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8 Center Organizational Structure Center Director Authority for nationwide trade processing Equal to a Port Director and reports to the Director, Field Operations Assistant Center Director Manages a division within a Center Equal to an Assistant Port Director 8

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11 Anchorage, AK Blaine, WA Seattle, WA Pembina, ND Champlain, NY Portland, OR San Francisco, CA Chicago, IL Port Huron, MI Detroit, MI Boston, MA Buffalo, NY JFK, NY/Newark Philadelphia, PA Cleveland, OH DC Norfolk, VA Los Angeles, CA San Diego, CA Nogales, AZ Memphis, TN Atlanta, GA Charleston, SC Savannah, GA El Paso, TX (041) Dallas, TX Mobile, AL Tampa, FL Laredo, TX Houston, TX Miami, FL Supervisor Co-located Supervisor Virtual Partnership Validation and Compliance Enforcement San Juan, PR 7

12 Regulatory Implementation of the Centers Interim Final Rule dated December 20, 2016 Established the Centers as a permanent organizational component of CBP Distinguished port director functions from center director functions Identified the Center management offices Defined the Center and Center directors Centers are national CBP offices responsible for performing certain trade functions and making determinations for their assigned importers Center Director manages their designated Center and is responsible for certain trade functions and decisions Revised the definition of port director The person who has jurisdiction within the geographical boundaries of their port of entry unless exclusively granted to another party 12

13 Delineation of Trade Functions Trade functions transitioned to Centers: Decisions and processing related to entry summaries, protests, suspension and extension of liquidation, free trade agreements and duty preference programs, warehouse withdrawals, country of origin marking issues, informal entries and classification and appraisement of merchandise, including valuation Joint Authority In certain circumstances, port directors and center directors will have joint authority such as the receipt of duty payments and documents, and functions involving sampling and redelivery requests Submission of Documents Importers may continue to submit documentation to the port in paper or electronically via ACE Submission of documentation via will be discontinued as it is not an approved electronic system of record 13

14 Account Based Processing Assignment of Importers Importers will generally be assigned to an industry category administered by a specific Center based on the classification of the predominant number of goods imported Importer s associated business practices, the intended use of the imported goods or the value of the imported goods will also be considered Importers will be assigned to one team within one of the Center s three Divisions depending on risk assessment and trusted trader status The assigned Center Team will handle all imports and related processes for the importer no matter where the good are entered Importers may appeal their Center assignment Brokers acting as Importer of Record Entry summaries will be processed by the Center relating to the predominant HTSUS number for the instant entry summary 14

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