1. eTDE Presentation 18th Session of CCFICS Surfers Paradise, Australia March 4, 2010
Lori Tortora
Foreign Agriculture Service
United States Department of Agriculture

2. eTDE – Supporting Electronic Trade
This is what you would see if you logged into AMS’s secure website.
eTDE is an industry initiated system.
The Aflatoxin certificates were the first certificates mapped and entered into eTDE.

3. System Objective
To make trade documents available electronically through the Internet to facilitate the domestic and international movement of US agricultural products. 

4. Features and Benefits
Provides users with the ability to access commodity-related trade documents as PDFs and document data as XML files
Electronic document management eliminates the need for hard-copy documents that may be lost, damaged, or stolen
Allows authorized product owners, shippers, carriers, brokers, owners, and port agents 24 X 7 access to critical information
Securely hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA, AMS)
Secure access validated by USDA’s eAuthentication service
Some importing countries may not be able to support XML technology, but they may be able to access the PDF’s of a certificate
The ultimate goal of electronic certification would be to eliminate paper documents. However it may take time for countries/border inspectors to become comfortable with electronic data exchanges.
Real time access to information to authorized stakeholders will decrease detainments at the POE for US agricultural products.

5. Investment Information
Development amounting to $720,000 funded by FAS through the peanut and dairy trade associations
Application development performed by an industry-contracted developer
AMS supports web site and document storage
Trade association governance group to coordinate change requests and funding for long-term operational support
Industry worked with AMS to develop a system that would address their need to deliver lab tests, official certificates and other appropriate documents to the CA of the importing country.
The website is hosted on a secure USDA system requiring identity verification in order to access the information.

6. Certificate Work Flow eTDE1 3 4 5 2 6 1
Trade Document Providers input trade certificate data in their internal systems 2
Trade Document Providers create electronic PDF certificates with downloadable data using eTDE Toolkit or image-only PDF certificates using eSCAN 3
Providers securely transmit files to the eTDE system; USDA validates and uploads them into the repository
This diagram shows the certificate work flow.
Trade Document Owners manage end-user access to trade documents once documents available in the eTDE system 4
Authorized users access their eTDE trade documents via the internet browser and view, print, or download certificate data as PDF files 5
Authorized users download eTDE certificate data as XML data files for use in corporate information systems 6

7. Accessing the Site
Enter in a browser to access the eTDE Welcome Page
Disclaimer Statement regarding USDA role and content sources, as reviewed by OGC
In order to access the eTDE system an eAuthentication must be obtained. This is one of several eTDE security features.
Click to apply for USDA eAuthentication account 1 2
Click to login

8. User Log-in Enter eAuth Username and Password Click to “Login”1 2
Click to “Login” 3
Once you have registered and obtained your eauthentication username and password, you can log into eTDE.
First-time users will be directed to a Profile Page to request party and role associations
Return users will be directed to the Home Page

9. Double-clicking document ID number opens the document on-screen
User Home Page
Double-clicking document ID number opens the document on-screen
The Home Page displays a list of recently added documents that the current user has provided, owns, or to which access rights have been granted. 1 2
Users can also search for trade documents using search criteria

10. Viewing Certificates
Certificates display on-screen as hard copy would with all data provided by the document supplier

11. Printing Certificates
Printed certificates are identical to on-screen certificates except that they include validation instructions at the bottom of each certificate
The authenticity of the information on this certificate can be verified by viewing the document(s) with certificate number AG40837 at The information on this certificate was produced by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service.

12. Viewing eSCAN Certificates
eSCAN certificates allow exporters to upload critical trade documents as image-only certificates. Because the exporter is not the original document issuer, an additional disclaimer notice is provided on all viewed and printed eSCAN documents
This document was provided by the US Dairy Export Council. If there are any questions about this document, please contact the original document issuer.

13. Commodities Supported
IN PRODUCTION – PEANUT
Grading – 38,126;
US Aflatoxin Certificate – 16,346;
Notice of Sampling – 6,156
EU Aflatoxin Certificate – 1,537;
Quality Certificate – 578;
Transfer Clearance – 257
IN PRODUCTION – DAIRY
Dairy Health Certificate – 75
PLANNED – ALMONDS, PISTACHIO, EGG
Currently certificates are being issued for peanuts and dairy products.
Almonds, pistachios and egg products will be the next commodities to go to go into production
Cert volumes as the of end of October 2009

14. Adoption by Trade BY DOMESTIC SUPPLY CHAIN
Birdsong downloading certificate data into corporate information systems;
Golden Peanut accessing viewed certificates
BY FOREIGN PORTS
Three-Port Pilot proposed with EU for Peanut certificates involving Rotterdam, Thamesport, and Felixstowe
PDF DISTRIBUTION OF FSIS EXPORT CERTIFICATES
PROPOSED INTEGRATION WITH EU TRACES SYSTEM
Next steps for eTDE include the PDF distribution of the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Services export certificates and a proposed interface with the EU’s TRACES system.

15. Planned TRACES Web Service
This slide shows the proposed TRACES web service, but this would be the same model we would use with any trading partners.

16. QUESTIONS?