Canada Border Services Agency Commercial Projects

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Canada Border Services AgencyCommercial Projects

• December 12, 2006
• Trade Support Network Plenary Session
• Arlington, Virginia

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• CBSA Commercial Innovations
• Status of Existing Programs
• ACI An Iterative Approach
• eManifest
• Features and Benefits
• Key Components
• How Will eManifest Work?
• eManifest Stakeholder Partnership Network
• Other CBSA CBP Collaborative Efforts

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CBSA Commercial Innovations

• In April 2000, the CBSA launched the Customs
  Action Plan
• Customs Self Assessment
• Carrier Re-engineering
• In December 2001, Canada and the United States
  jointly announced the Smart Border Declaration
• Container Security Initiative
• Advance Commercial Information Air and Marine
• Free and Secure Trade program
• In March 2005, the Security and Prosperity
  Partnership of North America announced greater
  cooperation and harmonization between United
  States, Canada and Mexico
• eManifest
• Business Resumption Planning
• Increase compatibility of PIP and CTPAT

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Status of Existing Programs

• Customs Self Assessment / Free and Secure Trade
• 41 CSA approved importers of whom 34 are also
  FAST approved
• 707 CSA approved carriers of whom 672 are also
  FAST approved
• Partners in Protection
• 1847 PIP Partners of whom 1352 are carriers
• ACI Marine
• 164 marine carriers and 293 freight forwarders
  transmitting conveyance, cargo and supplementary
  cargo reports
• ACI Air
• 226 air carriers and 28 freight forwarders
  transmitting conveyance, cargo and supplementary
  cargo reports

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ACI - An Iterative Approach
April 2004
December 2005 - June 2006
SECONDARY CARGO
IMPORTER
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eManifest Features and Benefits
Pre Arrival Upon Arrival Post Arrival
Features 100 electronic information from carriers, freight forwarders and importers Web portal to allow small and medium sized traders to transmit electronic requirements 100 automated risk assessment of shipment and driver/crew data, Electronic notifications to trade chain partners confirming receipt of data Entry/examination decision relayed to CBSA officer through transponder and user-friendly Primary Inspection Line (PIL) application Registered drivers identity and admissibility confirmed through transponder and picture in booth Examination of high risk shipments at frontier Ongoing compliance monitoring to ensure data quality and address issues of non-compliance Better integration of examination results Management information system, reporting and monitoring program effectiveness
Benefits
Security Enhanced ability to identify and target high risk shipments prior to arrival Enhanced ability to interdict threats to health, safety and security at frontier Continuous refinement and enhancement of risk assessment tools, better identifying and streamlining low risk shipments while better identifying and targeting high risk shipments
Prosperity Enhanced ability to identify and streamline low risk shipments Streamlined clearance process Continuous refinement and enhancement of risk assessment tools, better identifying and streamlining low risk shipments while better identifying and targeting high risk shipments
Partnership Harmonized import/ in transit requirements and processes Interoperable use of transponder technology Additional opportunities to harmonize risk assessment with the United States
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eManifest Key Components

• EDI reporting
• Carriers
• Importers
• Freight Forwarders
• Enhanced Notification System
• Internet Portal
• 100 automated risk assessment
• Graphical User Interface / Primary Inspection
  Line
• Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence
• Management Reporting
• Information Technology Investments

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POST ARRIVAL
PRE ARRIVAL
ARRIVAL
60 Minutes
Ongoing
Virtual Border
Physical Border
With Transponder As the truck approaches PIL If
the driver is registered, the transponder within
the registration card will be read, leading to
picture in booth and allowing CBSA officer to
confirm identity and admissibility The
transponder on the conveyance will be read,
linking the truck with the previously sent and
risk assessed data, allowing for immediate
communication of entry/examination decision
Without Transponder When the truck is at PIL If
the driver is not registered, CBSA officer will
verify identify and admissibility based on
previously sent driver data and admissibility
assessment CBSA officer will scan barcode
provided by the driver, linking the previously
sent and risk assessed data, allowing for
immediate communication of entry/examination
decision
On an ongoing, post-arrival, basis Risk
assessment will be systematically refined and
enhanced Compliance management activities will be
conducted to monitor data quality Automated
management reports will be generated to monitor
program effectives and results
Within one hour, the CBSA will Electronically
validate and confirm receipt of data through
notifications to carriers, freight forwarders and
importers/brokers Conduct automated risk
assessment of shipments for further review by
CBSA officer Make an entry/examination decision
At least one hour prior to arrival Carriers will
transmit cargo, conveyance and driver
data Freight forwarders, if required, will
transmit secondary data Importers/Brokers will
transmit admissibility data
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eManifest Stakeholder Partnership Network (eSPN)

• The CBSA is establishing a network of external
  stakeholders that will provide the expertise
  necessary to ensure the successful design,
  development and implementation of the eManifest
  initiative
• eSPN working groups will focus on the how of
  design, development and implementation
• The CBSA will work together with stakeholders to
  implement solutions that work for both the CBSA
  and industry
• The inaugural meeting of the eSPN will be held in
  Ottawa on January 18, 2007

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Other CBSA CBP Collaborative Efforts

• Joint CBSA - CBP pilot project to automate
  highway in-transit movements between the U.S. and
  Canada
• Canada U.S. harmonized highway EDI message maps
  
• Business Resumption Planning
• Advance Trade Data Initiative
• Other Government Department Single Window
  Initiative
• Make compatible PIP and C-TPAT
• Container Security Initiative