CBP Requests Comments on its Draft Proposal ("Strawman") for Additional Advance Data Elements for Maritime Cargo (10+2)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a notice requesting comments by February 5, 2007 on its draft proposal1 for advance trade data elements for maritime cargo (also referred to as the 10+2 proposal).
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CBP states the comments that will provide the most assistance will reference a specific portion of the draft proposal, explain the reason for any recommended change, and include data, information, or authority that support such recommended change.
According to CBP, it is specifically interested in receiving comments relating to the following:
the advance trade data elements;
the parties most likely to have direct knowledge of each element;
the technology necessary for parties to transmit the data in a timely fashion;
the impact on the flow of commerce, including explanations of the existing commercial practices of affected parties and the changes to those practices that would be necessary in order to comply with the requirements proposed in CBP's draft proposal; and
the necessity for transition periods between promulgation of the regulations and the effective date of the regulations.
Proposed 10+2 Data Elements and Sets
In late 2006, CBP issued a draft proposal1 in order to facilitate its development of regulations to collect 10 additional commercial shipping data elements from importers or their agents and 2 additional data sets from ocean carriers (referred to by CBP as Security Filing data (SF)).
10 Proposed data elements from importers or their designated agents. In addition to the current data elements specified under the 24 Hour Rule for maritime cargo (19 CFR 4.7(a)), CBP proposes to require an additional set of 10 data elements 24 hours prior to vessel loading. These data elements would be linked, via the Automated Manifest System (AMS) or Automated Broker Interface (ABI) to the existing 24 Hour Rule data collected in the AMS. According to CBP, this portion of the SF would be required to be transmitted by the importer or its designated agent.
CBP also suggests that these 10 additional data elements would only be required for maritime cargo that is destined to remain in the U.S.
These 10 additional data elements are:
- Manufacturer name and address
- Seller name and address
- Container stuffing location
- Consolidator name and address
- Buyer name and address
- Ship to name and address
- Importer of record number
- Consignee number
- Country of origin of the goods
- Commodity Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number (6 digit)
2 proposed data sets from ocean carriers. In addition to the data elements outlined above, CBP would require ocean carriers to provide two additional data sets to complete the security filing. These additional data sets would pertain to:
- Container status messages
- Vessel stow plan
1 The draft proposal has also been referred to as a strawman proposal and a white paper.
(See ITT's Online Archives or 12/13/06 news, 06121305, for previous BP summary on CBP's 10+2 strawman proposal, which contains additional details.)
- comments due by February 5, 2007
- comments must be emailed to securityfilingstrawman@dhs.gov.
CBP's draft proposal available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/import/carriers/adv_data_elements.ctt/adv_data_elements.doc.
CBP's request for comments available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/carriers/trade_overview.xml.