CBP Renames Pharma & Electronics Industry Centers to Show Scope
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has revised several documents posted on its website concerning the Industry Integration Centers for Pharmaceuticals and Electronics, in order to reflect their product scope. The center for Pharmaceuticals is now referred to as the Industry Integration Center for Pharmaceuticals, Health and Chemicals Center for Excellence and Expertise (CEE). The center for Electronics is now referred to as the Information Technology and Consumer Electronics CEE.
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(In October 2011, CBP permanently established the Pharmaceuticals and Electronics CEEs, which had previously functioned as pilots. CBP sources had indicated that the agency was working to expand the Pharmaceutical center's scope to cover health and chemical devices, and the Electronics center's scope to cover consumer electronics and information technology. See ITT's Online Archives 11102610 for summary.
See ITT's Online Archives 11120903 and 11121601 for summaries of the CEEs being renamed the "Industry Integration Centers" for Pharmaceuticals and Electronics.
See ITT's Online Archives 11121307 for detailed summary of the function and benefits of the Industry Integration Centers, which were formerly CEEs).
Updated CEE Frequently Asked Questions document is available here.
Updated trade contact page for the Electronics Center is available here, and Pharmaceuticals Center here.
Overview of the Centers is available here.
*article edited on 01/13/12 so that it no longer states the name changes were made to show an 'expanded' scope, as ITT staff is checking this.
*CBP officials informed ITT staff that indeed, the scope of these two CEEs was going to expand in mid FY 2012. See ITT's Online Archives 12012004 for subsequent summary.