CBP Seeks Recruits For 10+2 System Test

(American Shipper)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are urging importers and their agents to participate in an ongoing test of IT systems in preparation for a new cargo security rulemaking that will require businesses to submit a huge amount of data about their overseas suppliers and domestic customers.

The agency has developed a rule for an Importer Security Filing, commonly referred to as “10+2,” to be transmitted 24 hours prior to vessel loading at an overseas port. The controversial rule will require importers or their agents to electronically submit 10 data categories of data about their manufacturers, logistics providers, customers and cargo, and liner carriers to submit stow plans and status messages for containers in their custody…

In an address to the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America’s mid-year conference in Washington, Ahern said the agency has received more than 55,000 proxy filings from volunteers participating in the Advance Trade Data Initiative, an 18-month test bed involving about 100 companies designed to figure out optimal formats and transmission methods for filing the required data.

Companies interested in signing up for ATDI should contact Peggy Rutledge at margaret.a.rutledge@cbp.dhs.gov.