April 10, 2003

Customs Headquarters has favorably responded to certain objections raised regarding its continued processing of certain outstanding CF 28’s. 

While Headquarters agreed to cease issuing CF 28s to importers (which had asked them to answer a series of questions relating to their documented security procedures), Headquarters also instructed its field personnel to continue processing any outstanding CTPAT CF 28’s. 

We pursued this issue, and as a result, on April 8, 2003, Customs issued a statement to the effect that all ports would be instructed to cease processing outstanding CTPAT CF 28s.  Anyone that would like a copy of this letter may obtain one by contacting our web master (EC McPherson) and requesting a copy of the “Apr 8 letter re CTPAT.”

If you have any questions on any of the issues raised in this newsletter, please contact George R. Tuttle, III at (415) 288-0428 or via email at geo@tuttlelaw.com.

George R. Tuttle, III is an attorney with the Law Offices of George R. Tuttle in San Francisco. The information in this article is general in nature and is not intended to constitute legal advice or to create an attorney-client relationship with respect to any event or occurrence, and may not be considered as such.