commerce and expedition of that. so can you screen high risk shipments in a way that expedites legitimate commerce while at the same time insuring the safety of the united states? if you'll touch on that for me. >> yes, i believe we can, congressman and our layered approach is designed to do precisely just that. the vast majority of cargo that we determine to be low risk based on our analysis of intelligence, the information provided on those shipments our knowledge of supply chain and our knowledge of the parties involved in that transaction, these are released and sent to their in of our economy right away. for those very small percentage of cargo we think might be risky sore we don't have enough information and want to take a further look at, we try to address that potential risk at the earliest possible time in the supply chain. 45,000 times last year, that was done before the cargo was even laden on the vessel in the foreign port. another 5% of the cargo is examined at the u.s. port of arrival. we try to do those examinations in the most efficient way possible. we use a nonintrusive inspection technology, the x-ray

from dangerous shipments and enhancing the security of the global supply chain while expediting legitimate commerce. customs and border protection or cbp is charged with managing access at ports of entry. at the core of that, we're on the front lines of proelgting our nation from threats including those that could be potentially be introduced in cargo shipments. just as importantly, we're on the front line of protecting our economic future by facilitating legitimate trade through our ports. through the use of better information, technology, partnerships, we've been able to perform the most effective in the world help to go reduce transaction cost for u.s. business and provide an environment where u.s. security and business interests can work together toward our common mission. to meet our responsibilities, we work to identify and address potential threats before they arrive at our ports. this requires that we secure the flow of cargo at each stage of the supply chain, the point origin, while in transit and when it arrives in the united states. to accomplish this, cbp pursues a mumity layer approach

commerce and expedition on that. so can you screen high-risk shipment in a way to expedite legitimate commerce while at the same time ensuring the security of the united states if he will touch on that? >> yes, i believe we can come congressman. and it is to do precisely that. for the vast majority of cargo that we determined to be low risk based on our analysis of intelligence and information provided on the cargo shipments are to the supply chain and the knowledge of the parties involved in that transaction, those are released instead to their destination in our economy right away. usually for a rifle. for those very small percentages of cargo that we think might be risky or we don't have enough information on them and we wanted to give further look at we do try to address the potential risk of the earliest possible time in the supply chain. 45,000 times last year that was done before the cargo was on the vessel in the foreign port. another 5% of cargo ase examine the the u.s. port of a rival, and we try to those examinations of the most efficient way possible. we use the non-intrusive technology which is again an

commerce and expedition on that. so can you screen high-risk shipment in a way to expedite legitimate commerce while at the same time ensuring the security of the united states if he will touch on that? >> yes, i believe we can come congressman. and it is to do precisely that. for the vast majority of cargo that we determined to be low risk based on our analysis of intelligence and information provided on the cargo shipments are to the supply chain and the knowledge of the parties involved in that transaction, those are released instead to their destination in our economy right away. usually for a rifle. for those very small percentages of cargo that we think might be risky or we don't have enough information on them and we wanted to give further look at we do try to address the potential risk of the earliest possible time in the supply chain. 45,000 times last year that was done before the cargo was on the vessel in the foreign port. another 5% of cargo ase examine the the u.s. port of a rival, and we try to those examinations of the most efficient way possible. we use the non-intrusive technology which is again an

commerce and expedition on that. so can you screen high-risk shipment in a way to expedite legitimate commerce while at the same time ensuring the security of the united states if he will touch on that? >> yes, i believe we can come congressman. and it is to do precisely that. for the vast majority of cargo that we determined to be low risk based on our analysis of intelligence and information provided on the cargo shipments are to the supply chain and the knowledge of the parties involved in that transaction, those are released instead to their destination in our economy right away. usually for a rifle. for those very small percentages of cargo that we think might be risky or we don't have enough information on them and we wanted to give further look at we do try to address the potential risk of the earliest possible time in the supply chain. 45,000 times last year that was done before the cargo was on the vessel in the foreign port. another 5% of cargo ase examine the the u.s. port of a rival, and we try to those examinations of the most efficient way possible. we use the non-intrusive technology which is again an