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U.S. Customs and Border Protection Cargo Priorities under Sequestration

The following is excerpted from a 2 March 2013 advisory by CBP.

Using lessons learned from the impact of previous trade disruptions, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and trade stakeholders strive to improve our business resilience strategy to secure the supply chain and facilitate legitimate trade and travel. As a roadmap for effective prevention and recovery, the following framework seeks to minimize the impact of trade disruptions:

  • Improving the automated systems and processes for receiving advance information on cargo and passengers and using that information for targeting terrorism risks or other threats;
  • Modernizing our commercial operations, and working with our trade partners to secure the nation and to keep commerce flowing;
  • Integrating other government agencies into our risk-based strategy and into a seamless process that is both efficient and effective; and
  • Working with other countries to secure the global trade lanes and with the World Customs Organization to promote a global and more unified approach to supply chain security.

This advisory is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/advisories/seq_priorities.xml

Topic(s)

International Trade and Border Management

Information source

International News Channel
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
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