Single Window Development and Implementation Experience of the United States International Trade Data System - ITDS

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Single Window Development and Implementation
Experience of the United StatesInternational
Trade Data System - ITDS
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Background

• Initial recommendations for the redesign of the
  Automated Commercial System (ACS)
• same data for import, export, and transit
• integrated government oversight of trade
• Project office established by the Vice-President
• Interagency Board of Directors
• Proof of Concept - North American trade Automated
  Prototype (NATAP)
• ITDS Pilot (September 2001)
• International Trade Data System incorporated into
  Automated Commercial Environment (ACE/ITDS)

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Design and development process

• Surveys of agencies forms
• over 300 forms with 2,000 data fields
• 289 data elements reduced to 198 data elements
• Outreach and surveys with agencies and trader
  community
• needs, processes, opportunities for improvement
• ACE Trade Support Network (TSN)
• ITDS committee jointly chaired by Customs/trade
• Program Support Group, Workshops, Data
  Harmonization Committee, MOU process

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Structure and services

• Standard set of international harmonized data and
  messages
• WCO Customs Data Model, Unique Consignment
  Reference (UCR), Advanced Cargo Information (ACI)
• UN/CEFACT recommendations and standards
• Revised Kyoto Convention
• UN/EDIFACT and XML
• Data utility for the collection, dissemination,
  use, and storage
• Import, export, and in-transit
• For goods, conveyances, crew

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Technology

• ACE/ITDS receives, edits, and validates data
• Extracts and provides relevant data to agency
• Operational - processed in ITDS/ACE Single Window
  box
• Interfaced - sent to agency for processing
• Periodic - nominal use of ACE/ITDS for reports
• Provides integrated results of government
  processing and risk assessment
• Stores results and provides analytical capability

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ITDS/Single Window Processing
USDA
(operational)
Truck Driver Goods
FWS
(interfaced)
CBP
FDA food
CPSC
ACE/ITDS Single Window
arrive/depart CBP ACE/ITDS
INS immigration
DOT transport
USTR
(periodic)
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Participants/Clients

• Federal Trade Agencies
• Admissibility and export control
• Statistical and analytical
• Trade promotion
• Trade Community
• Importers
• Exporters
• Customs Brokers
• Carriers
• Port Authorities

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Business model

• ACE/ITDS is funded through ACE development
  appropriations
• Conducted Cost Benefit Analysis in terms of
• Efficiency gain, decommissioning of ACS, and
  trade benefits
• Costs identified in following areas
• Program and project management
• Architecture
• Organization change management
• Application development
• Management reserve
• Operations and Management (OM)

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Results

• Less cost for system design, development, and
  maintenance
• Both government and trade
• Reduced burden for providing information
• One entry point to government
• Increased accuracy of Information
• Less manipulation of data
• Greater efficiency, simplification and
  predictability
• Meets publics expectation

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Lessons learned

• Leadership - commitment at the highest level
  possible
• Budget - commitment to provide long-term funding
  for the Single Window
• Technical - must respond to the needs of
  participating agencies and trade community
• Operational - buy-in to the process, cooperation,
  and operational vision

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What are your future plans for the Single Window?

• Pilot ACE/ITDS November 2004
• evaluate and modify as needed
• Plans for implementation of first tier of
  Participating Government Agencies (PGA)
• Continue data harmonisation efforts
• Identify second tier of (PGA)
• Integrate ACE/ITDS requirements into
  international initiatives
• Implement second tier PGA
• Identify remaining PGA

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UNECE UN/CEFACT