C-TPAT Audit for a Safe Supply Chain and Worry-Free Customs Inspections
Ensure strong security practices by meeting the security standards set by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
QIMA’s C-TPAT audit is an in-depth third-party assessment of your supply chain’s security practices designed to identify security vulnerabilities within your supply chain. This service helps you safeguard your supply chain from terrorism, smuggling, and other illicit activities.
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What is C-TPAT?
What is a C-TPAT audit?
What's Included in QIMA's C-TPAT Audit?
What are the Benefits of Being a C-TPAT Member?
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What is C-TPAT?
The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is a voluntary supply chain security program implemented by US Customs and Border Protection in 2001.
Since then, C-TPAT has certified over 11,400 members, focusing on strengthening US border security by supporting cooperative relationships between US Customs and Border Protection and manufacturers, importers, customs brokers, and others in the supply chain.
Through C-TPAT, businesses introduce and enforce strict security protocols throughout their supply chain. In return, participants are designated as low-risk and granted access to Free and Secure Trade (FAST) lanes for expedited customs clearance at US borders.
What is a C-TPAT audit?
QIMA’s C-TPAT audit is a comprehensive, impartial, third-party assessment that helps overseas manufacturers exporting to the United States evaluate, validate, and enforce security measures across their supply chain. The audit verifies compliance with C-TPAT guidelines and helps identify potential vulnerabilities so that they can be addressed and resolved. Audit findings contribute to the vulnerability and risk assessments required of C-TPAT members. To get a quote Contact Us
What’s Included in QIMA's C-TPAT Audit?
Qualified QIMA CTPAT auditors conduct an independent assessment of your manufacturing facilities and perform various checks based on C-TPAT criteria. These checks include:
Personnel security
Facility security
Storage and distribution processes
Shipment information control
Information access controls
Contractor controls
Export logistics
Records and documentation processes
At the end of the audit, we provide a corrective action plan outlining measures the facility must take to improve security measures, if necessary. Dates for implementation are also agreed upon with factory management.
What are the Benefits of Being a C-TPAT Member?
Evaluate and enforce security measures in your supply chains
Reduce customs inspections and enjoy fast-track clearance
Bring products to market faster
Protect US border security
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