CBSA Welcomes Japan Customs Officer

Wednesday, 28 January 2009 15:54

A border officer with Japan Customs is now working with CBSA’s Metro Vancouver District’s Export Division.  He will work closely with CBSA Metro Vancouver District employees and may at times accompany CBSA employees into warehouse premises and terminal operations property.  

This Japanese Officer is stationed in Canada under an innovative Canada-Japan Container Security Initiative partnership, which permits the CBSA and Japan Customs to place border officers at key strategic locations in each other’s country. The Container Security Initiative (CSI) is a multinational initiative that protects the main method of global trade-containerized shipping-from being exploited or disrupted by terrorists. By identifying high-risk shipments early in the process, CSI enables legitimate cargo containers to move faster and more efficiently through the supply chain.

Through CSI, the CBSA works with other countries to secure and facilitate global trade in accordance with the objectives and principles of the WCO Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade (SAFE). The Framework aims to do the following:

• Establish standards that secure the supply chain and promote facilitation at a global level to foster certainty and predictability;
• Enhance integrated supply chain management for all modes of transportation,
• Enhance the role and capabilities of customs organizations worldwide;
• Strengthen cooperation between customs organizations to improve their capacity to detect high-risk goods; and
• Promote the seamless movement of goods through secure international trade supply chains.