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 | Agriculture
The goal of the Agriculture PTI is to prevent the importation of contaminated, diseased, infested, or adulterated agricultural and food products that could harm the American people, plant and animal agricultural resources, or the economy, while facilitating lawful trade. | |
| Antidumping and Countervailing Duties (ADCVD)
When the Department of Commerce finds that imported merchandise was sold in the U.S. at an unfairly low or subsidized price, CBP is responsible for collecting the AD/CV duties timely to level the playing field for U.S. companies injured by these unfair trade practices. The goal of the AD/CVD PTI is to detect and deter circumvention of the AD/CVD law and to liquidate final duties timely and accurately, while facilitating legitimate trade. | |
| Audits (Regulatory Audit)
A risk-based approach to assess import compliance with trade laws and regulations. The audit reviews provide a systematic approach to data collection and an analysis of data to determine the likelihood of noncompliance, which includes assessing risks by reviewing corporate controls over trade compliance. | |
| Import Safety
The goal of the Import Safety PTI is to help ensure that unsafe products do not enter the commerce of the U.S. | |
| Intellectual Property Rights
The Intellectual Property Rights PTI is focused on the use of targeting, training, audits, international cooperation, and other means to stop the importation of counterfeit and pirated goods that harm our economy and threaten the health, safety and security of the American people. | |
| International Agreements
Contains implementation instructions and information on International Free Trade Agreements and Special Trade Programs. | |
| Kimberley Diamonds
Rough diamonds which have become known as conflict diamonds are defined as diamonds used by rebel movements to finance military action opposed to legitimate and internationally recognized governments. | |
| - | Overview of Penalties: A Priority Trade Issue (PTI)
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04/04/2008
Penalties as a PTI is to ensure the effectiveness of the trade fraud penalty process by emphasizing national direction, uniformity, swift action, applying trade compliance alternatives to traditional commercial fraud penalties, and by focusing trade fraud resources on Priority Trade Issues (PTI). | |
| Remote Location Filing
An electronic pilot program to enter merchandise at one location and then file the entry via RLF at another location. | |
| Revenue
The goal of the Revenue PTI is to ensure that CBP has effective internal controls to protect the duties and taxes (over $32 billion in 2007) it collects for the U.S. Government, and that its financial reports meet the highest accounting standards. | |
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