A validated C-TPAT participant company can enjoy substantial benefits granted by Customs & Border Protection, such as a reduced number of inspections and reduced border wait times.  With an overall goal of securing our nation’s borders from terrorism, C-TPAT employs an industry/Customs partnership approach to enhancing your own company’s security and providing incentives for you to leverage your first tier foreign suppliers to follow your lead.  Flexibility and customization to your own company’s needs are hallmarks of this program.

Unz & Co. will step you through the current security guidelines for C-TPAT program members as well as the administrative steps necessary to become a validated C-TPAT member.

Enhanced security of our borders means, among other activities, greater scrutiny of cargo arriving at ports of entry.  This can translate into delays for the importer.  Among the benefits of C-TPAT membership is the business certainty of a more expedited process of the release of goods because your company and its first tier foreign vendors have dedicated themselves to the promotion of security.  Fulfilling the requisites of C-TPAT membership simply leads to good business practices that any company should strive to achieve with or without the attendant benefits of this program.