GILGIT BALTISTAN: A component of SAFE is the Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) focusing on partnership between government and business for securing business environment through getting AEO compliant and reducing the documentary footprint.
In his message on the International Customs Day, Ali Raza Hinjra, Collector GB, said the Strategic Trade Controll Enforcement (STCE) regime has been adopted by the World Customs Organization (WCO) member states which is another milestone for controlling the proliferation of dual-use goods transiting through supplychains that can be used in the manufacture of goods detrimental to national security.
The WCO is a global coalition of 169 Customs administrations covering over 99% of internal trade. Headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, the WCO comprises supplychain security requirements for global Customs authorities. WCO members have created Framework of Standards with the purpose of “Securing and Facilitating Global Trade” (SAFE), he said.
Talking on Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT), the Collector said that the US-led container security regime initiated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) allows around 6,000 US major freight importers to participate in an effort to monitor all shipments entering the US. The C-TPAT is a voluntary conformity supplychain security system directed by the US Customs & Border Protection–A DHS agency.
Improving hemispheric port safety and security standards requires a combination of modernizing policies from WCO member states with a greater public-private partnership and cooperative involvement of all the supplychain actors, he added.
