CTPAT | NEEC Certification

CTPAT: Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism | NEEC: New Scheme of Certified Companies

CTPAT When a company is dertified CTPAT, an agreement is made to work with CBP to protect the Americas' supply chain, identify security gaps, and implement specific security measures and best practices. Applicants must address a broad range of security topics and present security profiles that list action plans to align security throughout the supply chain.

NEEC New Scheme of Certified Companies (NEEC) is a program that seeks to strengthen security in the foreign trade logistics chain by establishing, in coordination with the private sector, internationally recognized minimum security standards, providing benefits to companies and particiapant enterprises.

Companies that wish to be certified as NEEC must meet certain requirements, which can be encompassed in three compliance principles:

• Taxes
• Customs
• Security

CTPAT Benefits
CTPAT Partners enjoy a variety of benefits, including taking an active role in working closer with the U.S. Government in its war against terrorism. As they do this, Partners are able to better identify their own security vulnerabilities and take corrective actions to mitigate risks. Some of the benefits of the program include:

• Reduced number of CBP examinations
• Front of the line inspections
• Possible exemption from Stratified Exams
• Shorter wait times at the border
• Assignment of a Supply Chain Security Specialist to the company
• Access to the Free and Secure Trade (FAST) Lanes at the land borders
• Access to the CTPAT web-based Portal system and a library of training materials
• Possibility of enjoying additional benefits by being recognized as a trusted trade Partner by foreign Customs administrations that have signed Mutual Recognition with the United States
• Eligibility for other U.S. Government pilot programs, such as the Food and Drug Administration’s Secure Supply Chain program
• Business resumption priority following a natural disaster or terrorist attack
• Importer eligibility to participate in the Importer Self-Assessment Program (ISA)
• Priority consideration at CBP’s industry-focused Centers of Excellence and Expertise.

CTPAT: https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/ports-entry/cargo-security/ctpat

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Kummerk CTPAT or NEEC Advisory services
C&A is able to conduct a 3rd Party assessment and advisory services of your security, management system and processes; we take you hand-by-hand throughout a CTPAT or NEEC Programme certification.

NEEC certification areas:

• Planning for Supply Chain Security and Risk Mitigation
• Physical security
• Site Security access control
• Certified or Approved Business partners
• Process security and safety
• Customs management
• Security of cargo vehicles, containers, train cars, trailers and / or semi-trailers
• Personnel security
• Information and documentation security
• Safety and Risk Awareness personnel training
• Incident Investigation Management

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Promena USA - Kummerk

• Tax, Accounting, Auditing, Procurement, e-Sourcing, Inventories, Warehouses, Supply Chain, Finance, Engineering and Work Study

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