Foreign Military Sales Case Information No Longer Required by CBP

CBP and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency automated the transfer of Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case information, said CBP's New York/Newark Port Director Adele Fasano in a notice. "Effective May 1, 2018, the DSP-94, the Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOAs), any amendments or modifications no longer have to be lodged with CBP," Fasano said. The LOAs and associated materials from FMS cases issued after 2004 can be returned, it said. "FMS Materials being returned for repair or modifications will be decremented at the time of export with the value of the repairs or modifications," the notice said. "The FMS materials must be properly declared at the time of entry into the United States, citing the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls required data elements, including a properly formatted FMS case identifier, e.g., GB-B-ABC is correct, GBBABC is incorrect. FMS shipments that do not decrement the FMS case properly will be held until the Electronic Export Information (EEI) submission in the Automated Export System (AES) is corrected." The record-keeping requirements for the FMS case are still the responsibility of the FMS country or the freight forwarder handling the shipment, CBP said.