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International Trade
Newsletter - February 18, 2003
 
In this Issue...
Update on U.S. Customs Container Security Initiative
 
 February 18, 2003
 

The U.S. Customs Container Security Initiative (CSI), launched by the U.S. Customs Service in January of 2002 continues to expand. CSI consists of four core elements. These are: (1) use of automated information to identify and target high-risk containers; (2) pre-screening of those containers identified as high-risk before they arrive at U.S. ports; (3) use of detection technology to quickly pre-screen high-risk containers; and (4) use of smarter, tamper proof containers. One element of CSI involves placing U.S. Customs inspectors at foreign seaports to target and pre-screen U.S.-bound cargo containers before they are shipped to America. U.S. Customs has targeted as a priority the 20 seaports representing over two-thirds of the containers entering the United States. The following list names those of the 20 mega-seaports that have agreed to participate in CSI:

Halifax, Montreal and Vancouver, Canada. In 2001, approximately 500,000 containers destined for the U.S. landed at these three Canadian seaports. Approximately 65,000 sea containers destined for Canada arrive at the ports of Seattle and Newark/New York each year.

Singapore. U.S. Customs inspectors would work jointly with authorities in Singapore, one of the world’s largest ports, to pre-screen and target high-risk cargo containers bound for America. In 2001, approximately 330,000 sea-cargo containers entered America from the port of Singapore.

Rotterdam, Netherlands. The port of Rotterdam ranks as one of the largest in the world. In 2001, approximately 291,000 sea-cargo containers entered the U.S. from the port of Rotterdam.

Antwerp, Belgium. The port of Antwerp is the third-largest container port in Europe and ranks 11th in terms of volume of cargo shipped to the U.S. In 2001, approximately 115,000 sea-cargo containers entered the U.S. from the port of Antwerp.

Le Havre, France. In 2001, approximately 108,300 sea-cargo containers entered the U.S. from the port of Le Havre.

Bremerhaven and Hamburg, Germany. In 2001, approximately 257,000 sea-cargo containers entered the U.S. from the port of Bremerhaven and 103,000 from the port of Hamburg.

Hong Kong, China. The port of Hong Kong is one of the world’s largest. It ranks first in the world in terms of the number of cargo containers handled, and first in terms of the flow of containers into the U.S. In 2001, nearly 560,000 sea-cargo containers entered the U.S. from the port of Hong Kong.

Yokohama, Tokyo, Kobe and Nagoya, Japan. Nearly eight percent of all sea containers arriving in the U.S. are shipped from these four Japanese ports.

Other ports have also agreed to participate in CSI. Algeciras, Spain; Busan Republic of Korea; Klang and Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia; Göteborg, Sweden; Felixstowe, United Kingdom; and La Spezia and Genoa, Italy.