CBP Increasing Options Within Its Global Business Identifiers Program
CBP is expanding the number of supply chain entity party types that can input Global Business Identifiers in the ACE Cargo Release from the original six optional parties or filers to include two new parties: “Intermediary” and “Source,” according to a Federal Register notice seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget for CBP's planned changes in information collection.
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The original six optional parties are Manufacturer, Shipper, Seller, Exporter, Distributor and Packager.
CBP also said in the filing that it will be adding the new Altana ID (ALTA) maintained by Altana Technologies, USG Inc., as one of the identifiers that filers can use in the GBI test. Altana is an AI-powered global supply chain platform.
"The addition of the ALTA identifier alongside current and future GBI identifiers will widen participants' choices and allow CBP to continue to evaluate the breadth and veracity of entity and supply chain information embedded within different types of identifier solutions already being leveraged by trade industry traceability stewards," CBP said. "It will also contribute to CBP's ongoing exploration of how traced supply chain information may be ingested and operationalized for risk management and facilitation purposes. CBP will add any new identifiers into the collection and submit to OMB for approval as they are determined through a change request (Form 83-C)."
These additions come as CBP mentioned in the notice that it is seeking OMB approval allowing participants in the GBI test pilot to submit one of three GBIs in the ACE Cargo Release program instead of requiring companies to input all three GBIs.
A related programming update also will enable trade participants the ability to modify or change a previous enrollment, including updating or adding additional GBI numbers, CBP said in the notice.
The proposed updates to the GBI Test would "enhance upstream supply chain traceability and visibility while addressing the increasing complexity of global trade supply chains," CBP said.
The existing GBI identifiers that are available to filers are 20-digit Legal Entity Identifier (LEI), 9-digit Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS), and 13-digit Global Location Number (GLN). The GBIs are optional data elements that can better identify "the legal entity that is interacting with CBP as well as explore opportunities to enhance supply chain traceability and visibility in response to the growing complexity of global trade," according to CBP.
In addition to this expansion of optional data collection, CBP is adding new data elements that show importers are compliant with Russia sanctions.
CBP will be accepting comments on this information collection through March 17.