ISA

I am curious as to what internal control improvements Customs has requested prior to issuing the ISA program certificates to those approved for ISA

What recommendations for improvement are Customs making after the ISA validation visits to importers?

Question: We recently closed our Customs Focused Assessment and are looking at participating in ISA. Would love to hear from other ISA participants as to whether it’s been a positive experience for your company(?) If you had a closed FA at the outset of ISA application, were you able to partially leverage the FA findings […]

We recently closed our Customs Focused Assessment and are looking at participating in ISA. Would love to hear from other ISA participants as to whether it’s been a positive experience for your company(?) If you had a closed FA at the outset of ISA application, were you able to partially leverage the FA findings for […]

If any of the members have a recent experience with the ISA program, I’d be interested in hearing about the cycle time that you experienced between the time you submitted the MOU, questionnaire, and control plan to the time you had your on-site application review meeting, assuming you had one, until the time you received […]

To become compliant with “Business Partner” requirements in the Importer Security Criteria, you can use ITRAC data resources to develop risk assessment and auditing mechanisms for product suppliers and service providers instead of having them complete a security questionnaire. Has anyone tried this approach? If so, has any criterion been used other than country of […]

Our company receives invoices from our parent supplier for improvements performed on aircraft we have already imported. These invoices may be received a year later and may be for several aircraft previously imported. The specific aircraft may not identified on the invoice, on the aircraft model (we have several models) so it’s difficult to tie […]

I am curious as to the trade’s impression of TBT-07-021. This announces a benefit for ISA members, allowing containers that would otherwise be detained because of transshipment concerns, to be released for ISA members under certain circumstances. However, it appears that under this new provision that penalties will be assessed automatically if the importer cannot […]

I am curious as to the trade’s impression of TBT-07-021. This announces a benefit for ISA members, allowing containers that would otherwise be detained because of transshipment concerns, to be released for ISA members under certain circumstances. However, it appears that under this new provision that penalties will be assessed automatically if the importer cannot […]

Corning, Inc. is a participant in CBP’s ISA (Importer Self-Assessment Program). We take a sampling of each year’s import entries for audit, as required by the program. Although we have had much success with the internal assessment program to date, identifying both successes and opportunities for improvement, we are interested in hearing how other participant […]

I’m interested in how much detail others have included in their Annual Notification Letter for ISA and the memberships experience with what happens AFTER the Annual Notification. Is it common for the ISA team to request additional information, for example Findings from reviews; is it best to include all findings in the first place?

Our company is considering entering into ISA and would like further clarification on one of the program requirements. In the ISA Handbook Appendix B Question 5C it states ? Maintain results of testing for three years and make test information available to CBP upon request. ? The participant will conduct periodic testing of its internal […]