US CUSTOMS ARTICLE

January 4, 2007
 

The following message is from the CBP “Modernization Monitor” publication. 
 

More than $8 billion in duties and fees have been collected through ACE monthly statements, with more than $850 million collected through the November 2006 statement alone!
 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced this fall it will begin requiring truck carriers entering the United States to file electronic manifests (e-Manifests) at 24 land border ports in early 2007.
 

Implementation of the policy at the first series of ports requiring e-Manifests will begin no earlier than January 25, 2007. Truck carriers entering through the states of Washington and Arizona, and the North Dakota ports of Pembina, Neche, Walhalla, Maida, Hannah, Sarles and Hansboro are included in the initial group.
 

The mandatory e-Manifest policy eventually will be phased in at all land border ports. Schedules detailing when each port will implement the policy will be announced via subsequent Federal Register Notices (FRNs), as well as on the CBP Modernization Web site, 90 days before each implementation. The first mandatory e-Manifest notice was published in October 2006.
 

All carriers crossing through ports listed in the FRNs are advised to begin using e-Manifests immediately. Those not immediately impacted are also advised to begin making plans to switch to e-Manifests.
 

The e-Manifest capability for trucks is available at all land border ports featuring ACE, the commercial trade processing system being developed by CBP to facilitate legitimate trade while strengthening border security. ACE is currently operating at all ports along the southern land border, and along most of the northern border, including ports in the states of Michigan, North Dakota, Washington, and Vermont. The ACE deployment team moves to Idaho and Montana in early 2007.