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I work for the Import Safety CTAC;

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the Commercial targeting and analysis Center.

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The Import Safety CTAC was stood up recently to address the issues of safety within consumer products.

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We're a targeting group, so we have access to computer systems

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that allow us to place holds on freight around the country.

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Some of these other agencies don't have access to customs import data.

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By joining the CTAC, they gain that access.

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So, that's a really big plus for those other agencies.

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When you have a question about a vehicle being imported,

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you have to run it by NHTSA for safety, highway safety issues.

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NHTSA is a small agency that's a part of the Department of Transportation.

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The value of NHTSA now being attached to the Import safety CTAC

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is that they are able to get into the data themselves

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and see in a nationwide perspective of what's happening with certain kinds of imports.

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There's a lot more leverage for them.

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Cool thing about it, to me, it that,

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from here at the Import Safety CTAC we can look nationwide,

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but if it's a small little port, they don't get to see that big picture,

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and we're providing their eyes to the bigger picture.

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I spent a lot of years working at one little port

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and I like the fact that I can reach out and touch lots of little ports right here, in this kind of job.

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So, that's satisfaction enough, right there.

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Narrator: To report a possible trade violation, please visit E-allegations at CBP.GOV.

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