Carriers Who Transmit In-Bonds Via ACE e-Manifest No Longer Need to Provide Paper CBP Form 7512
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a document announcing that effective immediately, carriers who elect to use Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) e-Manifest to transmit in-bond movements to CBP will not be required to provide a paper CBP Form 7512 at the time of arrival into the U.S. or upon arrival at the destination port, if certain information is provided on the e-Manifest cover sheet, as described below.
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Carriers Who Elect to Not Provide a CBP Form 7512 for ACE e-Manifest In-Bonds Must Have Certain Information on e-Manifest Cover Sheet
Carriers who elect not to present a CBP Form 7512 must have their e-Manifest cover sheet1 include the following information:
Trip number (required for all trips)
Tractor plate that was transmitted to CBP (required for all trips)
Drivers Name (required for all trips)
Shipment control number (optional but highly recommended)
Shipment description (required for in-bond shipments, optional for all others)
In-Bond number (required only for in-bond shipments)
Quantity and weight (required only for in-bond shipments)
Subsequent In-Bond Postings Also Required to be Transmitted Electronically
CBP states that in-bond shipments that are electronically transmitted to CBP via ACE e-Manifest are considered to be paperless (such as electronic "V" in-bonds). As a result, all subsequent in-bond postings, including arriving and exporting at the destination port, must be electronically transmitted. CBP notes that the e-Manifest cover sheet may be provided to CBP at any location to act as identification of the in-bond shipment if requested.
(CBP adds that QP or Customs Automated Forms Entry System (CAFES) in-bond movements are not affected by this change, and still need to present a paper CBP Form 7512.)
1 CBP indicates that the requirements for e-Manifest cover sheets are outlined in a Uniform Guidance for Presentation of Manifests to CBP Officers for ACE Electronic Truck Manifest memorandum, dated 05/18/06, available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/import/communications_to_trade/advance_info/truck_guidance.xml, and a Detroit field office version of this guidance is available at http://www.customshelp.com/download/ACECoversheetInstructionsMay2006.pdf. Note that the in-bond requirements for i) an in-bond number and ii) quantity and weight, are not listed in the guidance. The guidance also contains additional information regarding e-Manifest cover sheets. (See ITT's Online Archives or 05/22/06 news, 06052205 for BP summary of this guidance.)
CBP document (dated 11/20/06) available at http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/toolbox/about/modernization/carrier_info/no_paper.xml