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WCO SAFE Framework

Also known as: SAFE Framework

The SAFE Framework is a set of international standards developed by the World Customs Organization to secure and facilitate global trade, built on close cooperation between customs administrations, partnerships with business, and the use of advance electronic information to manage risk. It underpins national trusted-trader programs and the mutual recognition arrangements that let a company's security certification be honored across borders. By promoting common approaches to supply-chain security and modern risk management, the framework aims to protect trade against disruption while keeping legitimate goods moving efficiently.

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The only part of this that reaches an importer is mutual recognition — it is why a CTPAT certificate can be worth something in a country you have never filed in.

Related terms

Authorized Economic OperatorAn Authorized Economic Operator is a business certified by its national customs administration, under a globally recognized framework, as compliant and secure in its customs operations, earning simplified procedures and faster clearance in return.CTPATCTPAT is a voluntary United States supply-chain security program in which importers, carriers, brokers, and other trade participants partner with customs to strengthen the security of their international supply chains in exchange for benefits such as reduced examinations, priority processing, and front-of-line treatment.

Reviewed by a licensed customs broker. Definitions are general information, not legal or customs advice for a particular shipment. Duty rates, tariff programs and agency requirements change frequently.