AIR EXPORT
UPDATE
Presenter: Matilda Vazquez, C.E.S.
What’s new in Air Export?
Indirect Air Carrier Standard
Security Program (IACSSP)
Change 6
• IACSSP Change 6 has not been
released yet.
• NCBFAA will hold off on
commenting on the upcoming
changes in the IACSSP Change 6
until Change 6 is released.
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Air Export Manifest
• CBP’s Electronic Air cargo export manifest pilot program
requires electronic submission of air export manifests data
elements in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE).
• For Air cargo – It is usually the Aircraft commander or agent
that must file CBP Form 7509 (air export manifest) at the
departure airport and not the forwarder.
Progressive Filing Model –
• Airlines for America
recently created a
concept known as the
Progressive Filing Model
(PFM).
• The PFM will allow a
forwarder to
electronically submit all
or most of the data
from the CBP form 7509
via ACE.
• The new requirement
will be for forwarders to
file the 7509 via ACE
before loading of the
cargo on the aircraft.
AIR CARGO MANIFEST – CBP FORM 7509
TSA’S C.C.S.F.
Certified Canine Sniffing Friends
(C.C.S.F.)
TWO TYPES OF DHS CANINE
CATEGORIES
Passenger Screening Canine
(PSC)
Explosive Detection Canine
(EDC)
• Trained to detect explosives’ odor
on passengers in the checkpoint
environment, in addition to their
conventional explosives detection
role.
• Handler training: 12 weeks
• Used a U.S. Ports of Entry to
detect explosives, narcotics,
firearms, humans, and
undeclared currency smuggling.
• Handler training: 10 weeks
Breed types: German Shepard, Labrador Retrievers, German Short-haired Pointers,
Wire-haired Pointers, Vizslas, Belgian Malinois and Golden Retrievers
ARE CANINES GOING TO BE
APPROVED FOR USE IN CERTIFIED
CARGO SCREENING FACILITIES
(CCSF)?
THERE IS NO ANSWER YET
TSA SIDE – PROS & CONS
• Cost of the Canine Training Program
- 1st year approx. $84,000
- Annual cost of team approx. $54,000
• Trained canine handlers
- Transportation Security Inspectors
- Local Law Enforcement officers
Concerns over CCSF civilian handler training
TSA SIDE – PROS & CONS
• Source of quality canine pups
- Pups are currently bought from Europe
- DHS is looking into U.S. breeding program
• Overall training time and life span
- Start at 8 weeks of age
- Training can end as quick as 15 weeks to
as long as 2 years.
- Canine is retired at 9 years of age.
• On March 4, 2016 TSA opened a new 25,000 square-foot
facility in San Antonio, Texas to help with the training demand.
CCSF’S Questions and Concerns
• Overall costs of a CCSF Canine Program.
• Number of canine teams required at a CCSF
- Sickness of either handler or canine
- No show / No performance
• Canine team training requirements and
annual re-certification requirements.
THERE ARE MANY
MORE QUESTIONS TO
BE ANSWERED ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE
TRADE INDUSTRY.
NEDCTP
TSA’s National Explosives Detection
Canine Team Program
For more information:
http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/hearings/dogs-of-dhs-how-canine-programscontribute-to-homeland-security
THANK YOU
Matilda Vazquez, C.E.S.
Merit Trade Consulting Services, LLC
Email: [email protected]