Trade & customs

U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Import recordkeeping, reasonable care, CTPAT, and UFLPA traceability.

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Research

CBP Recordkeeping and UFLPA: What Importers Must Retain, and Trace

US Customs holds importers to 'reasonable care' backed by a defined records list. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act raised the bar to supply-chain traceability most importers cannot yet produce.

October 3, 2022 · 8 min read

Research & analysis

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A government building facade, illustrating customs reasonable-care obligations.

Research

CBP

Customs Compliance in Software: The (a)(1)(A) List and Reasonable Care

Dwayne ThompsonKingston · Girder Group · December 12, 2022

Case studies

Modeled scenarios & design partners.

Containers awaiting inspection, illustrating an importer's move to documented UFLPA traceability.

Case Study

CBP

Early Design Partner: An Importer Moves UFLPA Traceability Off Spreadsheets

Dwayne ThompsonKingston · Girder Group · May 14, 2025

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The systems that make CBP obligations provable.

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