“Coordinated work will intensify surveillance and deter smuggling, customs and commercial fraud, inhibit the traffic of illicit goods, as well as facilitate legal trade with modern customs processes on both sides of the border,” the document states.
The memorandum also proposes working together on:
1.- Intelligence in air waybill information: Share air cargo data to identify and intercept high-risk shipments.
2.-Railway cargo manifests: Strategies will be established for surveillance and security control at the entry and exit of goods.
3.- Port security: Share secure processes and procedures in seaports.
4.- Follow-up to the T-MEC: Coordinated work for the implementation and compliance with customs legislation, in accordance with the provisions of the Mexico-United States-Canada Trade Agreement (T-MEC).
The officials also spoke of exchanging actions to make review processes, targeting more effective, and strengthen customs laws to protect foreign trade from criminal threats.