CBP Issues Final Rule Expanding Mandatory Electronic Manifest
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a final rule which will require trucks entering the U.S. through all land border ports of entry in Maine and Minnesota to electronically transmit cargo information.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a final rule which will require trucks entering the U.S. through all land border ports of entry in Maine and Minnesota to electronically transmit cargo information through the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) truck manifest system effective October 16. This requirement is already in effect at all land border ports of entry in Washington, Arizona, California, Texas, New Mexico, North Dakota, Michigan, New York, Vermont and New Hampshire. This requirement is also scheduled to take effect in August at all land border ports in Idaho and Montana.
CBP must electronically receive certain information regarding inbound truck-carried cargo through a CBP-approved EDI system no later than 1 hour prior to the carrier’s reaching the first port of arrival in the United States or 30 minutes for shipments qualified for clearance under the FAST (Free and Secure Trade) program. ACE has been designated as the required EDI system for all land border ports of entry.
CBP’s notice has now either required the use of ACE for the transmission of advance electronic truck cargo information or provided 90 days notice that it intends to do so, at every land border port in which CBP originally planned to require the use of ACE, with the exception of the land border ports in the state of Alaska. Following the testing of the ACE truck manifest system at the land border ports in Alaska, CBP expects to announce in a Federal Register notice that it is providing 90 days’ notice before ACE will be the mandatory transmission system for those ports as well.
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