FORT WORTH, Texas--Tandy Leather Factory, Inc. (AMEX:TLF) announced today its validation as a partner with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of Homeland Security, in its program to protect and secure America’s global supply chain. The Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is the largest and most successful government-private sector partnership to emerge since 9/11. Tandy Leather Factory and other C-TPAT partners have been working with CBP to improve security while moving commerce across our borders in order to protect America and the global supply chain from acts of terrorism. By participating in this first worldwide supply chain security initiative, Tandy Leather Factory benefits from a more secure supply chain for its suppliers and customers, a reduction in the number of cargo inspections and reduced border wait times.

C-TPAT is a model program for the security and facilitation of commerce and trade in this era of global terrorism. Information on C-TPAT can be found on U.S. Customs & Border Protection’s website (www.cbp.gov).

Tandy Leather Factory, Inc., (http://www.leatherfactory.com), headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is a specialty retailer and wholesale distributor of a broad product line including leather, leatherworking tools, buckles and adornments for belts, leather dyes and finishes, saddle and tack hardware, and do-it-yourself kits. The Company distributes its products as The Leather Factory through its wholesale centers and as Tandy Leather Company through its retail stores (http://www.tandyleather.com). Its common stock trades on the American Stock Exchange with the symbol "TLF."