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(US Customs Office of International Affairs and Trade Relations)
On April 13, 2007, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published a Federal Register Notice establishing the mandatory use of ACE
electronic Manifest (eManifest) at all land border ports the states of New Hampshire and Vermont, as well as the ports of St. John, Fortuna, Ambrose, Carbury, Noonan, Dunseith, Sherwood, Antler,
Northgate, Westhope, and Portal in the state of North Dakota.
This notice established July 12, 2007, as the effective date for establishment of ACE eManifest as the approved data interchange for
transmission of advance electronic cargo information to CBP. Outreach materials are being distributed at these ports until July 12, 2007, to act as a reminder of the effective date. The purpose of
this notice is to provide carriers and other interested trade partners at the affected ports with the specific information regarding enforcement actions they should expect CBP to take beginning July
12, 2007, at the ports listed above.
These enforcement actions are based on the implementing regulations of the Trade Act of 2002 for truck carriers found in the Code of Federal Regulations,
Title 19, Part 123.92 (19 CFR 123.92). This regulation requires that advanced electronic cargo information, in the form of an eManifest, be provided to CBP one hour (thirty minutes for FAST) prior to
the arrival of the conveyance in the first U.S. port of arrival. This rule includes goods moving under bond between U.S. ports of entry as well as goods moving in transit through the U.S. The
following shipments are currently exempt from the advance electronic filing requirement for incoming cargo:
• Cargo in transit from point to point in the United States after transiting Canada
or Mexico
• Certain informal entries:
o Merchandise which may be informally entered on Customs Form (CF) 368 or 368A (cash collection or receipt);
o Merchandise unconditionally or
conditionally free, not exceeding $2,000 in value, eligible for entry on CF 7523
o Products of the United States being returned, for which entry is prescribed on CF 3311.
• The following
shipment types are not specifically exempted by the regulation but use of eManifest is not currently required for:
o Merchandise that is subject to the provisions of 19 USC 1321 (Sec. 321
releases).
o Empty trucks and truck cabs.
o Shipments consisting solely of Instruments of International Traffic eligible for release under 19 CFR 10.41(a).
o International mail
shipments being shipped by a contract carrier from a foreign postal service to the US Postal Service.
o Carnets.
o A delivery ticket for movement to a CBP bonded warehouse or a CBP 214
admitting merchandise to a Foreign Trade Zone.
All other shipments are required to provide advance electronic cargo information via an eManifest including personal effects using form CBP 3299.
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