CBP Corrects 10+2 Rule on Maritime Cargo

July 17, 2009

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently published a notice in the Federal Register stating that it had inadvertently omitted the time frame for transmitting an Importer Security Filing (ISF, also known as a 10+2 filing) for shipments intended to be transported in-bond for immediate exportation (IE) or for transportation and exportation (T&E) in its interim final rule.

As a result, CBP is adding a new paragraph at 19 CFR 149.2 to state that the 10 data elements required under 149.3(b) of CFR 19 must be submitted no later than 24 hours before cargo is laden aboard the vessel at the foreign port for IE and T&E shipments.

CBP is also correcting the preamble text to indicate that the ISF must be amended if there is a change before the goods enter the limits of the first port of arrival in the U.S. and states that such amendments will be accepted at any time after the goods arrive in a port in the U.S.