International Trade Data System ITDS

1. International Trade Data SystemITDS The US Single Window Experience

2. Program - Agenda • Orientation • Definition • Research and Findings • Functional Areas • Receiving and Processing Data • What Have We Done • Benefits

3. Orientation Awareness/Acknowledgment of… • Many agencies involved in trade • The public’s expectation • Role of government in trade • Availability and source of data • The entities having data • Timing of a data submission • Shift from time of arrival to export

4. What is ITDS/Single Window? • Standard set of international, harmonized data and messages: • WCO Framework, WCO Data Model, WCO Framework, UCR, Revised Kyoto Convention, United Nations Trade Date Elements Directory (UNTDED) • Data utility for collection, dissemination, use, and storage • For import, export, and transit (in-bond) • For goods, conveyances, equipment, and people (crew)

5. Research and Findings • 100 + Agencies use International Trade Data • 300 forms for international trade • Reduced 10,000 data fields to 600 • 23 Federal Trade Agencies • Ongoing Harmonization with Participating Government Agencies • Compliance with WCO Data Model

6. Functional Areas • Security, Enforcement, and Targeting • Border Operations • Inspectors • Licensing and Permitting • Licenses, visas, permits, certificates (LPC) • Statistical, Analytical • Impact on nations’ economies • Trade Promotion • Increasing country’s access to markets

7. Receiving and Processing Data • WCO Data Model and Messages • Accommodations for legacy messages, X12 • Exploring XML • Receives, edits, validates, distributes, and stores data and results • Operational Agencies • Processed in the ITDS/ ACE Single Window “box” • Interfaced Agencies • Data to agency, processed by the agency • Ownership of “Box”

8. ITDS/Single Window PROCESSING USDA Operational Results Interfaced FWS Conveyance Crew Goods Equipment FDA food CBP ACE CPSC ACE/ITDS Single Window INS immigration arrive/depart CBP ITDS Data in/out EDIFACT WCO X12 CATAIR CAMIR XML Other SW DOT transport

9. What We Have Done • Conducted Preliminary Prototypes • North American Trade Automation Prototype (NATAP - CA/US/MX) • International Trade Prototype (UK/US) • ITDS • Completed Data Harmonization for First Tier Participating Government Agencies (PGA) • Domestic harmonization • Mapping to the WCO Customs Data Model

10. What We Have Done (Con’t) • Identified Next Tier of PGA’s (23 agencies) • PGA survey and operational/data requirements • Domestic harmonization (August 2006) • Mapping to the WCO Model(in progress) • To be Completed by November 2005 • Incorporated ITDS into Release 4 of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) • Includes PGA’s - Customs, Immigration, and Department of Transportation • Next Tier of PGA’s to be Incorporated into Release 5 of ACE

11. What We Have Learned • Single Window works and can be done! • Need High Level Support and Strong Lead Agency • Establish Multi-Agency Governance • ITDS Board of Directors • Involve Trade Community and PGA’s in Design, Development, and Decisions • ACE Trade Support Network (TSN) • ITDS Government Support Network (GSN) • Expect Challenges, Use Opportunities

12. Contact Information William Nolle P 703.629.7005 F 703.6682561 M 703.629.7005 william.nolle@dhs.gov Additional Information www.cpb.gov www.wcoomd.org www.itds.treas.gov www.unece.org/cefact Thank You