Customhouse brokers and importers file entries, why does a rule directed at carriers require entry processes?
Until an electronic manifest process is available for truck cargo, CBP will use current reporting systems. The regulation providing for advance electronic submission for trucks (19 CFR 123.92) allows different commercial parties to transmit the information that they possess. Customhouse brokers will continue to provide PAPS information through ABI and carriers will provide the relevant movement information. In this interim phase movement information is limited to a couple of items but when a truck manifest system becomes available, more data elements will be required from the carriers. • What specific information will the carrier be required to provide in order to meet these initial requirements? For security purposes, to identify and link the carrier electronically to the entry transaction, PAPS, QP/WP and CAFES all require that the carrier possess a valid Standard Carrier Alpha Code (SCAC) and assign a unique number in combination with this code. The number can be any combination of
