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As terrorist organizations have increasingly turned to destroying economic infrastructure to make an impact on nations, the vulnerability of international shipping has come under scrutiny. Under the CSI program, the screening of containers that pose a risk for terrorism is accomplished by teams of CBP officials deployed to work in concert with their host nation counterparts.
CSI consists of four core elements:
The initial CSI program has focused on implementation at the top 20 ports shipping approximately two-thirds of the container volume to the United States. Smaller ports, however, have been added to the program at their instigation, and participation is open to any port meeting certain volume, equipment, procedural, and information-sharing requirements. Future plans include expansion to additional ports based on volume, location, and strategic concerns.
The CSI program offers its participant countries the reciprocal opportunity to enhance their own incoming shipment security. CSI partners can send their customs officers to major U.S. ports to target ocean-going, containerized cargo to be exported from the U.S. to their countries. Likewise, CBP shares information on a bilateralBilateralism is a term referring to trade or political relations between two states. Most international diplomacy is down on the bilateral level examples of this include treaties between two countries, exchanges of ambassadors, and state visits, among oth basis with its CSI partners. JapanJapan (, Nippon/Nihon literally "the origin of the sun") is a country in East Asia situated on a chain of islands east of the Asian continent on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The largest of these islands are, from north to south, Hokkaido , Honsh and CanadaCanada historically the Dominion of Canada is the second-largest, and northernmost, country in the world. It is a decentralized federation of 10 provinces and 3 territories, governed as a constitutional monarchy, and formed in 1867 through an act of Confe are currently taking advantage of this reciprocity.
CSI has also inspired and informed global measures to improve shipping security. In June 20022002 : January February March April May June July August September October November December A timeline of events in the news for June, 2002. See also Afghanistan timeline June 2002 June 27, 2002 Accountancy scandals The Securities and Exchange Commission, the World Customs OrganizationWorld Customs Organization WCO is an intergovernmental organization that helps member states communicate and cooperate on customs issues. It was established in 1952 as the Customs Cooperation Council it adopted its current name in 1994. Headquartered in B unanimously passed a resolution that will enable ports in all 161 of the member nations to begin to develop programs along the CSI model. On 22 April 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, the European UnionFor other uses, see EU (disambiguation). The European Union or EU is a supranational organisation of 25 European states. It was established with that name by the Treaty on European Union (commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty) in 1992 but many aspects o and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security signed an agreement that calls for the prompt expansion of CSI throughout the European Community.