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8 #3, January 2009
Customs and Border Protection Issues Trade Strategy
Mr. W. Ralph Basham, Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP), announced the publication of the CBP Trade Strategy, the first
published document that explains how CBP will accomplish its mission of
facilitating legitimate trade, on October 30, 2008.
In formal remarks for the document’s release, Commissioner Basham
said, “The Trade Strategy complements our national strategies for
gaining operational control of the borders at and between the ports of
entry. It will guide our efforts toward a system that is swift,
safe and secure for legitimate imports entering the U.S.
marketplace.”
The CBP Trade Strategy covers the next five years, when the volume of
imports and the complexity of trade laws are expected to grow. In
fiscal year 2008, CBP processed imports worth $2.2 trillion and
collected $32 billion in revenue. “In the face of this
explosion in trade, it’s imperative that we have a strategy
focused on achieving the balance between trade and security issues. A
strategy that is built on priority trade issues and guides our trade
mission in the field,” said Commissioner Basham.
The four major goals of the trade strategy are to:
- facilitate legitimate trade and ensure compliance,
- enforce U.S. trade laws and collect accurate revenue,
- advance national and economic security, and
- intensify modernization of CBP’s trade processes.
The Trade Strategy reflects CBP’s layered approach to trade
facilitation and enforcement, which expands pre-entry and post-release
compliance verification programs to reduce unnecessary delays for
legitimate imports at the borders. An electronic version of the
strategy is available on the CBP website.
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