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Ref : CR EIC 111/2/16
17 July 2009
Dear Sirs,
Commercial Information Circular No. 369/2009
US : Corrections to the Interim Final Rule on Importer Security Filing and Additional Carrier Requirements
Traders were informed via Commercial Information Circular (CIC) No. 601/2008 of 2 December 2008 that the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released an interim final rule to require importers and carriers to electronically submit additional information on cargo to CBP before the cargo is brought into the US by vessel. CBP announced in the Federal Register (FR) notice of 14 July 2009 that the following correcting amendments should be made to the interim final rule:
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the interim final rule's regulatory text was inadvertently silent regarding the time frame for transmitting an Importer Security Filing (ISF) for shipments intended to be transported in-bond for immediate exportation or transportation and exportation, the text is revised to clarify that appropriate data elements must be submitted no later than 24 hours before the cargo is laden aboard the vessel at the foreign port; and |
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CBP makes two corrections in the preamble text of the interim final rule to align with the regulatory text. One correction clarifies that the ISF must be updated if there is a change before the goods enter the limits of the first port of arrival in the US and that amendments to the ISF will be accepted at any time after the goods arrive in a US port. The second indicates that carriers are only obligated to transmit container status messages for events that occur prior to first arrival of the goods at a US port. |
The correction is effective on 14 July 2009. A copy (pdf format) of the FR notice is appended to this circular for reference. For details of the ISF and additional carrier requirements and the compliance dates, please refer to CIC No. 601/2008 of 2 December 2008.
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For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5403.
Yours faithfully,
(Miss WONG Ying)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry
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