The following is excerpted from the 4 July 2011 issue of The Journal of Commerce.

Customs is wrestling with the terrible toos: too much trade and too few employees to process it

Customs and Border Protection is short-handed. At a time when Commissioner Alan Bersin is trying to return Customs to its traditional role as a trade facilitator, the agency hasn’t been able to fill the ranks of employees to support that mission.

Attrition is resulting in too few import specialists, entry specialists, auditors and other trade support specialists trying to manage ever-larger volumes of imports...

This article is available in its entirety on The Journal of Commerce website at:

http://www.joc.com/government-regulation/trade-facilitation-doesnt-add

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