2. Port of Charleston Statistics FY 17

3. Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act
CBP will ensure enforcement of new U.S. trade law in order to:
Protect national economic security
Facilitate legitimate trade
Protect the health and safety of the American people
Ensure a level playing field for U.S. industry
As mentioned, CBP’s Office of Trade is leading numerous inter-agency and inter-governmental efforts to ensure proactive and r trade,
Support the health and safety of the American people, and
Ensure a level playing field for U.S. industry.
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We are here today to talk about one of the most impactful pieces of trade legislation for CBP in over a generation. The Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 includes sweeping changes to trade enforcement, particularly in the area of anti-dumping, penalties and duty payment, and forced labor. It also contains opportunities for greater facilitation, such as the modernization of the drawback process for duty refunds.
With the passing of TFTEA on February 24, 2016, Congress and the Administration sent a clear signal that security through U.S. economic competiveness and enforcement of our trade laws and regulations is one of the country’s highest priorities.
As mentioned, CBP’s Office of Trade is leading numerous inter-agency and inter-governmental efforts to ensure proactive and strict enforcement of U.S. trade laws in order to:
Protect national economic security,
Facilitate fair trade,
Support the health and safety of the American people, and
Ensure a level playing field for U.S. industry.
Today we are going to cover three primary areas. And a main purpose of us being here is to hear from you first-hand. This is a conversation with you, about not only what is in this law, but Priority Trade Issues as a whole, and defining what the future look like for CBP and our trade mission.
We know that various aspects of the TFTEA provisions will impact you in different ways – whether you are a CEE manager, an import specialist, an entry specialist, a CBP officer, an auditor, an NTAG or CTAC employee – we all play a role and we all need to work together to understand the implications so we can plan for the future.
Overview of What We Will Cover
An overview and brief background on TFTEA
The key pieces – what we are doing to implement them, and how can we better support you
Listening to you! What is on your mind? How can we be more effective to make sure you have the tools you need. To be responsive to your needs. And to be smarter, more efficient, and more targeted with our enforcement efforts.

4. Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015
Law ~ February 24, 2016
Comprehensive Authorization
Key Areas:
Antidumping/Countervailing
Automated Commercial Environment
De Minimis Value
Forced Labor
Intellectual Property Rights
ACE
AD/CVD
Agriculture
Brokers
Centers
Drawback
FTA
Import Safety
IPR
Revenue
Textiles
Trade Enforcement
First comprehensive reorganization of trade functions since Mod Act Key changes in order to strengthen our ability to enforce as well as provide additional facilitation opportunities for industry.
But why is this important? Because All Politics Are Local.
Issues faced by specific industries in specific districts bubble up through the legislative process, and ultimately may get passed into law. So goes the TFTEA story.
Our stakeholders are also constituents of Members of Congress. And they perceive (rightfully so) that this is our business. Issues ranging from drawback, AD/ CVD, De Minimis, forced labor, and industry specific concerns are important to U.S. business, and is literally all of our daily business.
If we manage this business effectively, we’re able to address the all-important ‘what have you done for me lately’? Which opens doors to broader trade support, building our credibility, and positioning us to gain support for our needs and priorities.
What Congress also clearly told us in this Bill is that Enforcement is Priority #1. This is an opportunity for CBP to take a fresh look at trade enforcement - what we’ve been doing and how. We all recognize that the past ten years has had a heavy focus on facilitation – which has been and will continue to be important due to ACE mission, economic growth, and increasingly interconnected nature of global trade. But we are now seeing a shift.
We have been successful since 9/11 using risk management to balance facilitation and enforcement, implementing ACE and the Single Window, and managing ever-increasing volumes of cargo and shipments in all environments. This law sends a signal that a “Back to Basics” approach with trade enforcement is top of mind.
Before we get into the specifics, we want to touch on the interconnected nature of how what we do affects, and is affected by, numerous entities with sometimes similar, and sometimes not-so-similar, equities.

5. Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act - IPR

6. Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act - IPR
Number of Seizures FY’16 – 31, Number of Seizures FY’15 – 28,865
Fiscal Year 2016
Fiscal Year 2015

7. Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act – IPR/CO
FY 2016 52 % 36 2 1 8
China
Hong Kong
Singapore
Germany
Turkey
All Others

8. Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act – Priority Trade Issues
CBP Priority Trade Issues
Agriculture Programs
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties
Import Safety
Intellectual Property Rights
Revenue
Textiles & Wearing Apparel
Trade Agreements & Preference Programs
Section 117
Agriculture and Revenue are added as PTI’s again.
Priority Trade Issues (PTIs) represent high-risk areas that can cause significant revenue loss, harm the U.S. economy, or threaten the health and safety of the American people. They drive risk-informed investment of CBP resources and enforcement and facilitation efforts, including the selection of audit candidates, special enforcement operations, outreach, and regulatory initiatives.
Comprehensive trade enforcement efforts in these areas continue to protect the U.S. from risk of significant revenue loss, economic risk to U.S. industry, and health and safety concerns.

9. Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act - CEE
Centers of Excellence and Expertise

10. Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act - CEE
Centers of Excellence and Expertise Implementation/Goals/Requirements:
Enhance Economic Competitiveness
Improve Enforcement Efforts
Build Expertise
Uniformity
Centralization
Formalize Account Based Approach
Foster Partnerships
Section 110
Implement Centers of Excellence and Expertise throughout U.S. Customs and Border Protection that—
Enhance the economic competitiveness of the United States by consistently enforcing the laws and regulations of the United States at all ports of entry of the United States and by facilitating the flow of legitimate trade through increasing industry-based knowledge;
Improve enforcement efforts, including enforcement of priority trade issues described in section 117, in specific industry sectors through the application of targeting information from the National Targeting Center under section 111 and from other means of verification;
Build upon the expertise of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in particular industry operations, supply chains, and compliance requirements;
Promote the uniform implementation at each port of entry of the United States of policies and regulations relating to imports;
Centralize the trade enforcement and trade facilitation efforts of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;
Formalize an account-based approach to apply, as the Commissioner determines appropriate, to the importation of merchandise into the United States;
Foster partnerships though the expansion of trade programs and other trusted partner programs;
Develop applicable performance measurements to meet internal efficiency and effectiveness goals; and
Whenever feasible, facilitate a more efficient flow of information between Federal agencies.
Report ~ not later than December 31, 2016 the Commissioner shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report describing:
Scope, functions and structure of each Center
Effectiveness of the Center
Quantitative and qualitative benefits of each Center
Performance measures including those with respect to meeting internal efficiency and effectiveness goals

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