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Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: Compliance and Security Expectations: Post 9/11

The focus of this chapter is to provide a detailed overview of just what the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) expects from the importing community in securing the supply chain since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, through to the third decade of the new millennium.

PRE 9/11

In this book, we have covered the subject of customs enforcement before and post 9/11. The focus of then-called U.S. Customs before 9/11 was revenue, collection, and compliance. Programs like informed compliance and focused assessment were in effect from 1993 to 2002.

Once 9/11 occurred, indicative of Customs’ new name, “Border Protection,” its focus changed ...

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