The Customs Service faces a major challenge in effectively carrying out its drug interdiction and trade enforcement missions while facilitating the flow of persons and cargo into the United States. To assist in performing these semmingly contradictory activities, Customs recognized that because of the high volume of imported cargo entering the country, proceeses were needed to identify low-risk cargo and facilitate its movement so that inspectors could focus on shipments that were potentially higher risk for narcotics smuggling. Toward this end, Customs developed several low-risk, cargo entry programs designed to process certain cargo expeditiously and at the same time target, for additional scrutiny, those shipments considered to be high risk for drug smuggling.


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