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Trade Facilitation and New Security Initiatives: A U.S. Perspective Geneva, Switzerland

Trade Facilitation and New Security Initiatives: A U.S. Perspective Geneva, Switzerland. Mr. Douglas M. Browning Deputy Commissioner U.S. Customs and Border Protection May 14, 2003. Expanding our Focus. U.S. CBP Strategy.

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Trade Facilitation and New Security Initiatives: A U.S. Perspective Geneva, Switzerland

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  1. Trade Facilitation and New Security Initiatives: A U.S. Perspective Geneva, Switzerland Mr. Douglas M. Browning Deputy Commissioner U.S. Customs and Border Protection May 14, 2003

  2. Expanding our Focus

  3. U.S. CBP Strategy • Engage with foreign counterparts to examine earlier in the supply chain • Harden ports of entry with technology and staff • Use advance information to identify risks

  4. Container Security Initiative Core Elements • Identify high-risk containers • Pre-screen those containers identified as high-risk before they are shipped to U.S. ports • Use technology to quickly pre-screen high-risk containers • Use smarter, more secure containers

  5. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism Core Elements • Unique partnership between Customs and trade community • Companies agree to improve security of their shipments and security of the supply chain • Companies receive “fast lane” through border crossings and seaports • Well over 1000 companies currently participating in C-TPAT

  6. CSI: Phase 1 68% of the 5.7 million containers entering the U.S. annually arrive from top 20 ports • 1. Hong Kong • 2. Shanghai, China • 3. Singapore • 4. Kaohsiung, Taiwan • 5. Rotterdam, Netherlands • 6. Pusan, Republic of Korea • 7. Bremerhaven, Germany • 8. Tokyo, Japan • 9. Genoa, Italy • 10. Yantian, China • 11. Antwerp, Belgium • 12. Nagoya, Japan • 13. Le Havre, France • 14. Hamburg, Germany • 15. La Spezia, Italy • 16. Felixstowe, U.K. • 17. Algeciras, Spain • 18. Kobe, Japan • 19. Yokohama, Japan • 20. Laem Chabang, Thailand

  7. Expansion of CSI To participate in the CSI, we look to countries that: • are able to inspect cargo originating or being transshipped ; • have or are in the process of acquiring non-intrusive inspection equipment; and • send regular, direct, and substantial container traffic to ports in the United States.

  8. Mobilizing at the Ports • Installation of non-intrusive inspection (NII) technology at ports of entry • Use of risk management • Hiring and training new officers to serve the front line

  9. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Regulation • Requires advanced maritime cargo manifest information to U.S. Customs and Border Protection • Requires transmission of information 24 hours prior to lading at foreign ports

  10. Trade Act of 2002 • Advance electronic information • Air, Land, and Sea • Inbound and Outbound • Consultative process

  11. International Collaboration • U.S./Canada Smart Border Accord • 30-Point Action Plan, including the Free and Secure Trade program (FAST) and NEXUS programs • U.S./Mexico Border Partnership Agreement • 22-Point Action Plan, including the exchange of Advance Passenger Information (API)

  12. Free and Secure Trade (FAST) • Expedited clearance using paperless processing • Transponder technology • C-TPAT importers • C-TPAT approved carriers • FAST approved drivers

  13. U.S./Mexico Border Partnership Plan Among other initiatives, the Plan includes: • Harmonizing hours of service • Cargo clearance demonstration project • Information exchange • SENTRI program for pre-cleared travelers

  14. Passenger Name Record (PNR) Data • Facilitates travel • Leads to the identification and interdiction of potential terrorists and other serious criminal offenders • Identifies suspicious travel • Focuses resources on areas of highest risk

  15. The International Contribution • World Customs Organization standards • Efforts by other international groups • Addressing capacity and resource concerns • Focusing governments’ attention • Consolidating political will

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