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A branch of U.S. Customs and Border Protection will test blockchain-based shipping for licensed shipping partners.
A United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) advisory committeeĀ is planning to launch a live test of its blockchain-based intellectual property rights proof of concept.
The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) will run its tests from late August to late September, per a report published on the CBPās website. The COAC advises the Secretaries of the Department of the Treasury and Department of Homeland Security.Ā
The announcement specifically comes by way of COACās Next Generation Facilitation Subcommittee, an entity comprised of four working groups that aim to improve trade and government within the CBP.
Currently, the subcommittee is involved in three ongoing proof-of-concept projects involving blockchain technology. One of these is called the āIntellectual Property Rights Proof of Concept,ā which is an attempt to run shipments via blockchain, relying on pre-existing licensor and sublicensee relationships.
According to the COACās most recent report, this particular proof of concept will undergo live testing starting in August:
āThe working group has been active with the current POC on IPR. Since the last in personĀ meeting in March, the working group has progressed through the overall project design,Ā implementation of the initial engineering plan, and integration of Trade and CBP systems. LiveĀ testing of the system will start at the end of August and conclude late September.ā
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Prior blockchain shipment testingĀ
As previously reported by Cointelegraph, the CBP ran a live test for a blockchain-based shipping project back in 2018. This project tested a blockchain-based system for tracking shipments. The system itself reportedly was a combination of CBPās legacy application and a blockchain-based platform developed by the Department of Homeland Security.
Vincent Annunziato, the director of the CBPās Transformation & Innovation Division, remarked that he believed blockchain platforms were insufficiently compatible with each other. As part of the testing, the CBP reportedly intended to set standards of interactions between different blockchains, so that all firms and software could easily connect to customs in the future.
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