United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2007-04-17 monographic deposited born digital 49 p. GA 1.13:GAO-07-561 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-561 P0b002ee1803a5a7a f:d07561 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-561 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-561 GAO-07-561 Data collection Homeland security Import regulation Importing Inspection Internal controls International trade Monitoring Port security Program evaluation Risk assessment Risk management Trade regulation Customs Service Automated In-Bond System Other Written Product A68307

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) must strive to balance its competing goals of facilitating trade, providing port security, and collecting trade revenues. CBP's in-bond system, which allows goods to transit the United States without formally entering U.S. commerce, must also balance these goals. In response to concerns that previously identified weaknesses in the in-bond system have not been remedied, GAO examined (1) the purpose of the in-bond system and the extent of its use (2) CBP efforts to ensure that revenues are collected and trade concerns are minimized, and (3) CBP efforts to ensure that security-related inspections are properly targeted. GAO examined audit reports and agency documents, interviewed officials at CBP headquarters and at 10 CBP port offices. GAO also discussed the in-bond system with trade groups impacted by the in-bond system. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-561/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-561.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-561/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-561.pdf GAO-07-561 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-07-561 Other Written Product GAO-07-561; International Trade: Persistent Weaknesses in the In-Bond Cargo System Impede Customs and Border Protection's Ability to Address Revenue, Trade, and Security Concerns; Data collection Homeland security Import regulation Importing Inspection Internal controls International trade Monitoring Port security Program evaluation Risk assessment Risk management Trade regulation Customs Service Automated In-Bond System Title 19 Section 1552 Title 19 Section 1553 19 U.S.C. 1552 19 U.S.C. 1553 Public Law 107-210 Public Law 107-295