Working in collaboration with the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), CBP is taking steps to verify DLT feasibility with global interoperability standards through the DHS Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP). Under this program, CBP has partnered with the private sector on five projects testing DLT in the following steel, natural gas, oil, food safety, and e-commerce sectors.
Through these projects, CBP seeks to achieve the following objectives:
- Adopt interoperability standards
- Facilitate legitimate trade
- Accept data from traditional and non-traditional actors
- Develop transparent and safe supply chains
For more information on these ongoing projects, select each corresponding button:
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Pipeline Oil
The pipeline oil project will affirm free trade status no matter how many times oil is sold on the open market.
CBP is working with Neoflow on its pipeline oil project to accomplish the following:
- Affirm free trade status no matter how many times oil is sold on the open market.
- Improve traceability of crude oil shipments.
- Offer real time tracking of in-bond movements.
- Assist CBP validation of USMCA claims.
- Offer enhanced reporting between CBP and Department of Energy
- Ensure proper classification and duty collection
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Steel
The steel project will track steel from manufacturer to import, assist with origin compliance under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and improve product identification.
CBP is working with Transmute on its steel project to accomplish the following:
- Make the supply chain visible, traceable, and verifiable from manufacturers to U.S. consumers.
- Use verifiable credentials (VC) to trace the origins of steel imports with near real-time verification of mill test reports at time of manufacture
- Use VCs to verify the identities of parties issuing and receiving digital shipping credentials
- Improve identification of misclassification of steel scrap/waste shipments
- Ensure proper classification and duty collection
- Reduce errors and fraud associated with paper documentation For more information on this project, check out the Transmute and CBP Steel Tech Demo.
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Food Safety
The food safety project will track perishable goods from farm to import, reduce importer waste, and allow the identification of packing materials used in shipping food products.
CBP is working with Mesur.io on its food safety project to accomplish the following:
- Track perishable goods from farm to import, thereby enhancing the visibility of food supply chains
- Enable the application of appropriate duties
- Allow the identification of packing materials used in shipping food products
- Reduce spoilage and waste
- Reduce paper documents
- Expedite inspection times
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Natural Gas
The natural gas project will facilitate origin determination and eliminate goods entering from prohibited countries.
CBP is working with Neoflow on its pipeline natural gas project to accomplish the following:
- Improve traceability of natural gas shipments
- Offer real time tracking of in-bond movements
- Allow paperless identification of private sector and government actors related to natural gas exchange
- Enhance reporting between CBP and the Department of Energy
- Eliminate goods entering from prohibited countries
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E-commerce
The e-commerce project will enhance traceability of goods bought and sold by online retailers and ensure that importers comply with CBP and other partner government agencies requirements.
CBP is working with Transmute to track small packages using DLT to accomplish the following:
- Make the supply chain visible, traceable, and verifiable from online retailers to U.S. consumers
- Use verifiable credentials to verify the identities of parties issuing and receiving digital shipping credentials for regulated goods imported under U.S. de minimis regulations
- Ensure that importers comply with CBP and other U.S. government agency requirements
- Ingest data from online marketplace entities
- Receive pre-arrival and pre-release information
- Reduce errors and fraud associated with paper documentation
- Prevent the import of harmful goods, including illicit or counterfeit goods
For more information on this project, check out the Transmute and CBP e-Commerce Tech Demo.
