Customs and Border Protection Mission and Role in

Customs and Border Protection Mission and Role in Import Safety Cathy Sauceda Director, Import Safety and Interagency Requirements Office of International Trade Washington, DC

CBP Mission and Responsibilities CBP is one of the Department of Homeland Security’s largest and most complex components, with a priority mission of keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U. S. It also has a responsibility for securing and facilitating trade and travel while enforcing hundreds of U. S. regulations, including immigration and drug laws.

CBP—International Trade Activities U. S. Customs and Border Protection will facilitate about $2 trillion in legitimate trade this year while enforcing U. S. trade laws that protect the economy, the health and the safety of the American people. We accomplish this through close partnerships with the trade community, other government agencies and foreign governments.

CBP Priority Trade Issues CBP prioritizes trade issues to look at most carefully Strategically layered risk management approach • Focus resources on seven designated Priority Trade Issues (PTIs) (Including Import Safety) • High-risk areas are those that can cause significant revenue loss, hurt the U. S. economy, or threaten the health and safety of the American people • PTI’s drive the investment of CBP resources and enforcement and facilitation efforts

CBP Role with Other Regulatory Agencies • Serve as the face and authority at the border • Act on behalf of other agencies at the time the goods enter the U. S. • Destroy, export or seize imported goods found in violation of regulatory agency standards or requirements • Work with other agencies to implement new legislative or regulatory requirements • Develop computer systems to automate entry processing

CBP Role in Import Safety

Recent Recalls Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003

The Interagency Work Group July 18, 2007: President Bush establishes Interagency Working Group on Import Safety (Executive Order 13439) Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003

Interagency Reports § September 10, 2007: “Protecting American Consumers Every Step of the Way: A Strategic Framework for Continual Improvement in Import Safety” § November 6, 2007: “Action Plan for Import Safety: A Roadmap for Continual Improvement” § July 2008 : “Action Plan Update – A Progress Summary” Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003

Strategic Framework Shift from reliance on “snapshots” at the border to interdict unsafe products, to a cost-effective, prevention-focused “Video” model that identifies and targets those critical points in the import life cycle where the risk of unsafe products is greatest and verifies the safety of products at those important phases. Risk-based, prevention-focused model to help ensure that safety is built into products before they reach our borders. • Prevention • Intervention • Response D

Strategic Framework Shift from “Snapshots” at the border to “Video” Supplier End User Presenter’s Name June 17, 2003

Action Plan for Import Safety • Developed around the Strategic Framework issued on September 12, 2007 • Developed with input from U. S. departments and agencies, foreign governments, and the private sector • Contains 14 broad recommendations and 50 actions steps which: • Designate federal government leads • Involve actions by both the private and public sector • Consist of both short and long term actions D

Action Plan for Import Safety 14 Recommendations • Safety Standards • Certification • Good Importer Practices • Penalties • Foreign Collaboration and Capacity Building • Common Mission • Interoperability • Information Gathering • New Science • Intellectual Property Protection • Recall Federal-State Rapid Response • Technology • Track-and-Trace D

CBP Immediate Actions for Import Safety • Established new Division within the Office of International Trade on Import Safety • Designate Import Safety as a Priority Trade Issue (PTI) • CBP Designated as the DHS lead for implementation of the President’s Action Plan • Developed Importer Self-Assessment Product with the Consumer Product Safety Commission • Accelerated the Development of CBP’s computer system and interagency integration into that system. D

CBP Key Initiatives for Import Safety • Include import safety as a component in ISA Accelerate ACE/ITDS • Single Window • Sharing of Data • Collaboration with other departments and agencies • Universal “Good Guy” list • Targeting/risk determinations • Data needs • Audits • Laboratories • Joint Operations • Good importer practices • Incentives • Work with private industry to share information

Trade Partnership Importer Self-Assessment Product Safety October 2008 CTPAT-Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism ISA- Importer Self-Assessment CPSC/CBP Importer Self-Assessment Product Safety Working with other agencies to expand program

Consumer Product Safety Commission Independent Federal Regulatory Agency Mission—Reduce Risks or injury and death associated with consumer products

Consumer Product Safety Commission • Huge Player with CBP in Import Safety • Importer Self Assessment-Product Safety • CBP audits of CPSC mandatory standards • CPSIA provides for • Co-Location • Developing ATS Targeting Rules • Accelerated ACS/ITDS participation • Work to automate CPSC Certificates of Conformity

International Trade Data System (ITDS) • Establishes a “Single Window for data processing and exchange • Greater visibility throughout the government • Mechanism for coordinating intergovernmental participation in CBP’s automated trade processing system, known as ACE • Key initiative in ongoing efforts to ensure the safety of imported goods • Streamline the collection and use of import/export data across all government agencies that share responsibility for import safety. .

International Trade Data System (ITDS) • ITDS significance in safety and security aided by • Safe Port Act • President’s Interagency Working Group on Import Safety • OMB e-Gov Initiative • Participants • 40 government agencies are currently participating in this initiative • All import safety agencies