CBP to Accept IATA Messaging Standard for Exports
CBP will use the International Air Transport Association's messaging standard for advance cross-border data on exports out of the U.S., IATA said (here). The messaging data format, Cargo-XML, will make communication between ACE, "airlines and other air cargo stakeholders simpler…
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and more efficient," IATA said. CBP "is working to reduce the considerable number of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) message formats currently supported to process international import, export cargo and cargo release information. IATA is assisting in this effort by permitting the US-CBP to publish to the minimal data file specifications for the IATA Cargo-XML messages."