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With the addition of the Port of Alexandria, Egypt, the Container Security
Initiative ("CSI") has expanded to a total of 58 compliant ports now
operational in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Middle East.
The World Customs Organization and the G8 countries have supported CSI
expansion through their adoption of resolutions that support the
implementation of the security measures introduced by CSI at ports
throughout the world.
CSI consists of four core elements: (1) the use of
intelligence and automated information to identify and target high-risk
containers; (2) the pre-screening of those containers identified as
high risk at the port of departure before they arrive at U.S. ports;
(3) the use of detection technology to quickly pre-screen high-risk
containers; and (4) the utilization of smarter, tamper-evident
containers.
As
of October 2005, 75% of all maritime containers shipped to the U.S. are
inspected through the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s CSI program.
In addition, 21 CSI operational ports were included in the Journal of
Commerce (“JoC”) Top 50 World Container Ports. In 2004, a total of
21.98 million twenty-foot equivalent container units (“TEUs”) passed
through JoC’s top port, Hong Kong. The greatest increase in volume was
recorded in Shanghai. From 2003-2004, the number of containers passing
through Shanghai increased by 29%. Shanghai imported 20.60 TEUs in 2004
and plans to raise capacity to 31 million TEUs by 2012. The ports of
Hong Kong and Shanghai are both CSI operational ports.
About two-thirds of all the containers that arrive by
sea to the U.S. come from or through the 20 largest ports. Through
fiscal year 2003 and the first half of fiscal year 2004, merchandise
transported via sea vessels accounted for 42% of all import value. In
fiscal year 2003, this translated into US$521 billion in imports, of
which 68%, or US$356 billion, were container imports (29% of total
import value). Information sharing between the U.S. and other local
customs authorities is intended to enhance the ability to identify all
containers that pose a potential security threat.
With nearly 77% of all year-to-date imports into the
U.S. coming from 15 countries (55.6% from the top 5), the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection has made a concerted effort to bring ports into
CSI compliance in these nations. The CSI will continue to expand to
strategic locations that ship substantial amounts of cargo into the
U.S. and that have the infrastructure and technology in place to
participate in the program.
2004 Imports (Goods)
| Rank | Country | Imports (Year-to-Date) |
Percent of Total |
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| --- | Total, All Countries | 818.9 | 100.0% |
| --- | Total, Top 15 Countries | 628.3 | 76.7% |
| 1 | Canada | 145.7 | 17.8% |
| 2 | China | 103.4 | 12.6% |
| 3 | Mexico | 88.0 | 10.7% |
| 4 | Japan | 74.3 | 9.1% |
| 5 | Federal Republic of Germany | 43.8 | 5.4% |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 26.8 | 3.3% |
| 7 | Korea, South | 25.8 | 3.2% |
| 8 | Taiwan | 19.4 | 2.4% |
| 9 | France | 17.5 | 2.1% |
| 10 | Ireland | 16.6 | 2.0% |
| 11 | Italy | 16.2 | 2.0% |
| 12 | Malaysia | 15.4 | 1.9% |
| 13 | Venezuela | 13.8 | 1.7% |
| 14 | Brazil | 11.3 | 1.4% |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 10.2 | 1.2% |
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The 58 CSI ports represent the world’s major seaports including: Americas:
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