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

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Trade Facilitation andTrade Facilitation andNew Security Initiatives:New Security Initiatives:

A U.S. PerspectiveA U.S. PerspectiveGeneva, SwitzerlandGeneva, Switzerland

Mr. Douglas M. Browning Mr. Douglas M. Browning Deputy CommissionerDeputy CommissionerU.S. Customs and Border ProtectionU.S. Customs and Border ProtectionMay 14, 2003May 14, 2003

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Expanding our Focus

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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

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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

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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

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CSI: Phase 1

68% of the 5.7 million containers entering the U.S. annually arrive from top 20 ports

1. Hong Kong2. Shanghai, China3. Singapore 4. Kaohsiung, Taiwan5. Rotterdam, Netherlands6. Pusan, Republic of Korea7. Bremerhaven, Germany8. Tokyo, Japan9. Genoa, Italy10. Yantian, China

11. Antwerp, Belgium12. Nagoya, Japan13. Le Havre, France 14. Hamburg, Germany15. La Spezia, Italy16. Felixstowe, U.K.17. Algeciras, Spain18. Kobe, Japan19. Yokohama, Japan20. Laem Chabang, Thailand

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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.

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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

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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

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Trade Act of 2002

• Advance electronic

information

• Air, Land, and Sea

• Inbound and Outbound

• Consultative process

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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)

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Free and Secure Trade (FAST)

• Expedited clearance using paperless processing

• Transponder technology

• C-TPAT importers

• C-TPAT approved carriers

• FAST approved drivers

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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

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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

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The International Contribution

• World Customs Organization standards

• Efforts by other international groups

• Addressing capacity and resource concerns

• Focusing governments’ attention

• Consolidating political will