How will CBP prevent/handle duplicate filings? Will the confirmation provide an indication of duplicate submissions if the ISF is already on file?
CBP allows one ISF filing which has a unique combination of a bill of lading number and importer of record number per ISF filer. The only exception is a “Unified Entry Filing”, which also includes the entry number as part of the unique combination. If a second ISF filing is received with the same combination of these elements the second filing will be rejected if the ISF is submitted by the same filer. A reason for the rejection will be returned to the ISF filer in addition to the unique transaction number. However, if a duplicate ISF is filed by a different filer, CBP will accept the duplicate ISF and send a warning message to the initial ISF filer that a duplicate was filed. In addition, CBP will send an “accepted with warning” message to the subsequent ISF filer to let them know that a different party previously filed an ISF against the same shipment. CBP expects the parties involved to contact the ISF importer in order to ascertain which ISF is the accurate one. Failure to do so ma
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- Some of our ISF entities are in countries that don’t have a formalized postal code system. How will CBP handle ISF entities that are transmitted without a postal code?
- Since manifested quantity is not a part of the ISF filing, how will CBP handle multiple ISFs for one bill of lading?
- Is CBP expecting an update to the ISF for filings where a warning message is received?
