Coni-Seal News

12.15.2006

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

On behalf of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), I am pleased to welcome Coni-Seal, Inc. as a certified partner in the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. By participating with CBP, you are making a vital contribution to help us secure our borders and ensure the continued free flow of international trade.

Your role as a C-TPAT partner is to continue to ensure that appropriate security measures, based upon risk analysis and consistent with C-TPAT security criteria, are maintained in a documented and verifiable format throughout your international supply chains. C-TPAT partners must also have a documented and verifiable process for the selection of business partners and ensure that these business partners develop security procedures consistent with C-TPAT security criteria.

To meet these obligations and the security standards established under the C-TPAT program, it is necessary that a security self-assessment process be developed and implemented that can be used to conduct regular reviews of your companies supply chain security program. Additionally, these assessments should identify and institute any enhancements or updates to your supply chain program. All aspects of the security self-assessment must be verifiable and documented.

CBP’s commitment to you, consistent with our goals of security and facilitation of trade moving into the United States, is to provide a secure entry process marked by the efficient release of goods and prompt resolution of CBP issues. At this time, CBP will proceed to provide Coni-Seal, Inc. with C-TPAT benefits including a reduced number of cargo exams, training, and the sharing of information.