November 04, 2006
As reported in our September 2006 Newsletter, C-TPAT members are now required to update their security profiles annually through the C-TPAT Security Link Portal. CBP has published a Questions & Answers on the Security Link Portal on their website. Bryant Van Buskirk, Customs Supervisor in the Los Angeles office, announced that "As of October 1st, consider your application for C-TPAT withdrawn if you didn’t file your security profile." He added that if a good faith effort is made by a company after that date, Customs will work with the applicant.