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Ref : CR EIC 111/2/16
5 March 2004
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 57/2004
US:Final Rule on Mandatory Advance Electronic Presentation of Cargo Information
Revised Compliance Dates for Air Cargo Information
The trade was informed via Commercial Information Circular No. 304/2003 dated 15 December 2003 that the US Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has adopted the final rule requiring mandatory submission of advance electronic cargo information on inbound and outbound air, sea, truck and rail cargoes by means of CBP-approved electronic data interchange system. The CBP announced in the Federal Register (FR) notice dated 4 March 2004 a revised implementation schedule for advance electronic transmission of inbound air cargo information. A copy of the FR notice is appended (pdf format) to this circular for reference.
DETAILS
2. According to the FR notice, the CBP has set forth the revised implementation schedule in order to complete necessary modifications to the approved electronic data interchange system, train CBP personnel at affected ports and complete certification testing of new participants. The original compliance date of 4 March 2004 will be replaced by the following staggered implementation schedule -
| Date | US ports in the following locations |
|---|---|
| 13 August 2004 | Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia |
| 13 October 2004 | Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin |
| 13 December 2004 | Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah, Washington |
Beginning on the dates set forth in the above implementation schedule, the CBP will require electronic transmission of advance information for any cargo that arrives in the US by air at a port of entry within one of the locations specified.
Further Information
3. For further information or enquiry on the final rule or the compliance dates, interested parties may contact CBP official Mr. David M. King, Manifest and Conveyance Branch at tel. no. 202-927-1133.
ENQUIRIES
4. For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5682.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss Sofie Chow)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
Note : While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.