CTPAT Readiness Scorecard — U.S. Importer

Know exactly where you stand before you file.

The CTPAT Readiness Scorecard for U.S. Importers walks your program through all 93 Minimum Security Criteria CBP actually uses to evaluate an importer applicant — every criterion, in all 12 official categories, each tagged with its CBP ID and its real Must or Should designation. Nothing invented, nothing paraphrased away.

You rate each criterion Optimal, Partial, or Deficient (or mark it N/A). The workbook does the rest: it weights every Must-criterion, tallies your score by category, and returns a readiness tier with a prioritized gap list — so you see the exact items standing between you and a clean validation, ranked by what to fix first.

What's inside

• All 93 U.S. Importer MSC criteria, organized into the 12 CBP categories
• Official CBP criterion IDs and Must / Should flags on every line
• Automatic scoring — one unmet Must is flagged, because CBP treats it that way
• Category-by-category readiness breakdown
• A ranked gap list that tells you what to remediate first
• Built to CBP's U.S. Importers MSC (October 2021)

Who it's for

Importers preparing a CTPAT application, members getting ready for revalidation, and compliance teams who want a defensible, self-run gap assessment without paying for a consultant to tell them where the holes are.

Built by James R. Ferry II, CCS, CES, CIT — a customs and trade consultant with 25 years of experience. Educational tool, not legal advice; confirm against current CBP guidance and your own counsel.