On Thursday, June 23, the Journal of Commerce is hosting a webinar on US Customs’ Importer Self-Assessment (ISA) program.

As JOC put it,

It’s the time of year when CBP is selecting its potential importer candidates for a “Focused Assessment”–or “FA”– also known as a customs audit. The ISA program offers an alternative to the FA path for those importers who are ready for “self-governance.” Learn from CBP’s ISA Program Chief and industry representatives why ISA has gained momentum – as well as what’s required to become an ISA program participant.

For more details and to register, click here.

US Customs’ annual two-day 2011 Trade Symposium, “Working Together to Strengthen Economic Competitiveness,” kicks off today in Washington, DC.  If you cannot be there in person, or attend the live webcast, you can still obtain copies of all presentations in PDF format.  Visit CBP’s Trade Symposium 2011 Presentations page, and download as many presentations as you wish.  As of the time of this posting, there are over 20 PDFs available, with more to follow.

This Thursday, January 27, the El Paso, TX Field Office of US Customs will hold a free seminar on supply chain security for the local import/export/trade community.

Discussion topic include:

• Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (CTPAT) and Free and Secure Trade (FAST) programs – enrollment, participation and program enhancements
• Supply chain security/seal inspections
• Current trade issues

There will also be time open discussion between Customs officials and the trade.

Advance registration is encouraged and interested parties should contact CBP via email at elpasotradeops@cbp.dhs.gov and include their company name, type of business, CTPAT account number (if applicable) and names of attendees. Additional information is available by calling (915) 633-7300 ext 104 or ext 106.

More details are available here.