Action Plan for Import Safety: A Roadmap for Continual Improvement. A Report to the President (Interagency Working Group on Import Safety) (July 2008)

摘要

The Interagency Working Group on Import Safety undertook a comprehensive, government-wide review of United States import practices. Our import system, while generally safe, faces new challenges. These challenges are considerable and require a fundamental strategic shift from focusing on intervention at the border to prevention with verification across a products lifecycle. This new strategy must expand and emphasize cost-effective, risk-based approaches, and require significant international and private sector participation. Our report outlines major achievements that have occurred in the past several months and key steps that are planned in both the near-and-long-term to enhance the safety of imported goods.