Customs Service Modernization: Impact of New Trade Compliance Strategy Needs to Be Assessed.

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Abstract:

To speed the processing of imports and improve compliance with trade laws, Congress enacted Title VI of the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act on December 8, 1993. The Customs Service refers to this legislation as the Customs Modernization and Informed Compliance Act or Mod Act. The Mod Act fundamentally altered the relationship between importers and Customs by shifting from Customs to the importer the legal responsibility for declaring the value, classification, and rate of duty applicable to merchandise being imported into the United States. Customs is responsible for determining the final classification and value of the merchandise. The Mod Act also gave Customs and importers a shared responsibility for ensuring compliance with trade laws. To implement these new responsibilities, Customs developed an informed compliance strategy. You asked us to 1 assess the status of Customs implementation of the informed compliance strategy and 2 determine whether trade compliance under the new program had improved.

Author(s):
No Author(s) Identified
Author Organization(s):
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC GENERAL GOVERNMENT DIV
Supplementary Note:
Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Trade, Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives.
Pagination:
0060

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
GAO/GGD-00-23
Monitor Series:
X1
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.6_Monitor; JCA_5.6.1_Assess Compliance with Guidance; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_4.7.2_Installation Services; JCA_4.7_Base and Installations Support; JCA_5.6.4_Assess Guidance; JCA_5.6.3_Assess Achievement of Objectives; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance; JCA_4_Logistics; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_3.1.3_Maneuver to Influence; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_3_Force Application
Communities of Interest:
Weapons Technologies
Descriptor(s):
*POLICIES, *COMMERCE, *INTERNATIONAL TRADE, *IMPORTS, CONGRESS, UNITED STATES, JOBS, STRATEGY, IMPACT, PROCESSING, RATES, CLASSIFICATION, AGREEMENTS, LEGISLATION
Field(s)/Group(s):
Administration and Management, Economics and Cost Analysis
Keyword(s):
GAO REPORTS, CUSTOMS SERVICE, MODERNIZATION
Report Date:
1999 Dec 01
Creation Date:
2000 Jan 19