Follow-up on Smuggling Interdiction and Trade Compliance Program

Develop and implement written policies and procedures to support SITC’s e-commerce sales function to ensure efficiency, effectiveness, and consistency in identifying prohibited products and assessing pathways.

Establish routine training to support the SITC internet team in identifying prohibited product on the internet.

In coordination with OGC, determine the appropriate authorities required to effectively regulate e-commerce businesses. Based on OGC’s determination, implement the applicable policies to ensure SITC will be able to effectively identify buyers and sellers of prohibited products.

Establish a process to strengthen SITC’s ability to receive the necessary data to identify buyers of prohibited products.

Establish a formal notification document to e-commerce businesses found to be facilitating the sale of or selling prohibited product on the internet.