How will the 24-hour rule operate during AMS downtime?
CBP is required to initiate scheduled downtime for system maintenance and updates. Those times are generally in two or three hour increments and are regularly occurring events or are announced well in advance. For regularly scheduled downtime, which meets the definition above, carriers/NVOCCs should file enough in advance to ensure that CBP has the entire 24 hour period prior to loading. The regularly scheduled downtimes are as follows: – Saturday 0500-0700 EST – Saturday 2300 into Sunday 0300 EST – Sunday 2200 into Monday 0200 EST – Wednesday 0500-0700 EST Unscheduled or unanticipated downtime in AMS is rare and is generally for a short duration. However, in the event that CBP system is unexpectedly down, CBP will grant “credit” to the carrier in the amount of time the system is down. In other words, the start of the 24 hour clock will not be delayed by AMS downtime. Carriers/NVOCCs will need to verify with CBP that the system is down in the event no message is sent to the carrier/NVO
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