For updated and current U.S. Customs information, please visit the US Customs link, listed in the Related Links section on this page.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). CBP combined the inspectional workforces of U.S. Customs, U.S. Immigration, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the entire U.S. Border Patrol.

Canada - U.S. customs border cooperation: U.S. customs inspectors are stationed at the Port of Vancouver to pre-screen containerized cargo. The Port of Vancouver was one of the first ports to participate as a member of the U.S. Customs Container Security Initiative (CSI).

Customs - Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) is a joint U.S. government-business initiative to build cooperative relationships that strengthen overall supply chain and border security. Through this voluntary program, businesses are required to ensure the integrity of their security practices and to communicate their security guidelines to their business partners within the supply chain. The US CBP is working closely with C-TPAT's Canadian counterpart, the Partners in Protection (PIP), to share information and resources, and to enhance border security.

Advance manifest reporting: Under the Trade Act of 2002, carriers are required to transmit manifest information electronically to CBP for both arriving and departing cargo at least 24 hours in advance of vessel arrival at an American port.

Foreign Remaining On Board Cargo (FROB) is cargo that is loaded in a foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) port and is to be unloaded in another foreign port with an intervening vessel stop in one or more ports in the United States. All of the data elements required under the Trade Act of 2002 regulation for advance manifest reporting must be provided for FROB cargo.