CBP Agriculture Cargo Inspections Up in FY 2012, Says Annual Agricultural Report
CBP posted its annual agricultural report, which covers fiscal year 2012.The report provides a high level overview of two key areas, CBP agriculture inspection statistics and resulting enforcement action statistics.
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The following are highlights of CBP's report:
More Ag Cargo, Conveyance, Passenger Inspections in FY 2012
CBP reports that agriculture specialists inspected more cargo, conveyances and passengers in FY 2012 than in FY 2011. Cargo inspections include commercial commodities referred as regulated for agriculture (i.e., fresh fruit, vegetables) as well as miscellaneous cargo commodities (e.g., tile, auto parts). Conveyance inspections are the total number of inspections in all environments (air, land, sea) and all pathways (passenger and cargo). Passenger inspections include the conduct of inspections on baggage in all environments (air, land, sea) from private vehicle, commercial bus, air, cruise lines, and passenger ferry and rail.
Ag Emergency Action Notices Down
CBP reports that the agriculture inspections in all environments for FY 2012 resulted in 101,466 enforcement actions, which include emergency action notifications, and violations/civil penalties. Emergency Action Notifications are a result from inspections of cargo and conveyances in the cargo environment and include reexportation, destruction, treatment, or other stipulated remedial action.
According to CBP's data, there was a small change in the number of violations and civil penalties from FY 2011 to 2012 (from 53,925 to 54,420). There was a decrease in Emergency Action Notifications (from 48,260 to 47,046).