US ISF declaration

United States, "importers to declare safety and carrier additional requirements 10 +2 rules"
US Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) promulgated the "importer safety declaration and carrier additional requirements 10 +2 rules" will come into force on January 26, The Rules require that ships, importers and carriers bound for the United States must electronically submit data to the CBP.
 
This rule requires 10 items of data (ISF-10) sent by the importer to CBP 24 hours prior to container shipment:
 
Seller
Buyer
Importer registration number / foreign trade zone applicant identification number
Consignee number (s) The consignee's US tax code
Manufacturer (or supplier) Manufacturer (supplier)
Ship to party
Country of origin
Commodity Harmonized Tariff Schedule number of the United States (HTSUS) number Commodity Customs Code
Container stuffing location
Consolidator name and address
 
Two data requested by the carrier (ACR-2):
 
Vessel stow plans
Container status messages (CSMs) Container status messages
 
January 26, 2009 to January 26, 2010 for the transition period, during which CBP will monitor the safety of importers declaration information on the timeliness, accuracy and completeness, but will not impose a fine or refuse shipment. At the same time, CBP announced that it would provide assistance to importers of safety information for importers to meet the specific requirements of the new regulations.
 
In addition, the rule requires the carrier to submit the following five data (ISF-5) to all goods passing through US ports (FROB, IE, T & E):
 
Booking Party
Foreign port of unloading
Place of delivery
To the consignee
Commodity HTSUS number
In order to facilitate the submission of relevant information to the CBP by the APL, the consignor shall provide the goods customs code (HTSUS) at the time of booking.




The rules on the safety of importers were effective on January 26, 2009, but the C & ED will carry out education and publicity work during the year, and the rules will be fully implemented on January 26, 2010.
 
From the date of full implementation, importers are liable to a fine of $ 5,000 each time they postpone the filing or declare incorrect information. However, Thomas Winkowski said at a recent Business Advisory Committee meeting that the Customs and Excise Department did not focus on penalizing or embarrassing offenders. Instead, it tried to avoid punishing minor offenses and extending the rules to applicants. At present, the corresponding measures introduced by the US Customs include issuing guidelines on mitigating penalties and issuing frequently asked questions related to the rules on the Customs website. Thomas Winkowski said the agency is also drafting law enforcement guidelines.
 
According to the rules for the safety declaration of importers, all goods, except for foreign transit goods, must be delivered to the US Customs for at least 24 hours before they are loaded on the vessel bound for the United States. However, since shipping companies usually have to decide at the last moment to ship foreign transit cargoes, they can be declared at any time prior to shipment. In addition, importers and their agents must send import security declarations through the Customs-approved electronic data interchange system, the Automated Broker Interface and the Vessel Automated Manifest System.
 
The importer must provide the following information on 10 shipments unless the goods are specifically exempted and all the goods are foreign transit goods or immediately exported or shipped to other areas after entry into the port. Among them, the producer (or supplier), the origin and the harmonized tariff system must be included in the declaration.
 
L Vendor
 
L buyers
 
L importer record number / foreign trade area identification number
 
Receiver number
 
L Manufacturer (or supplier)
 
Receiver
 
L Country of origin
 
Commodity coordination tariff system number
 
L container loading
 
L Consolidators (Forwarders)
 
In addition to container loading and the information of the consolidator (loader) 24 hours prior to arrival at the US port (or 24 hours prior to the foreign port, the vessel's journey from the port to the nearest US port does not take 24 hours) The importer must report the above-mentioned information to the US Customs 24 hours before the goods are loaded at a foreign port.
 
Elaboration of the four data will be dealt with flexibly, including manufacturer (or supplier), consignee, origin and commodity harmonized tariff system number. While such information is to be reported 24 hours prior to shipment, the importer may, at the time of first filing, provide information as is known at the time. After the importer obtains clearer or more accurate information, he must update the declared information as soon as possible, and not later than 24 hours before the goods arrive in the US (or if the goods arrive in the US border less than 24 hours, The information shall be updated at the time the goods begin loading at a port outside the United States).
 
If the goods are wholly foreign transit goods or enter the US port for immediate export or transport or export, importers must declare the following five information:
 
L booking people
 
Foreign Port of Discharge
 
• Place of delivery
 
Consignee
 
Commodity coordination tariff system number
 
The last rule requires the shipping company to provide the following information:
 
L cargo loading location
 
L Container condition

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