U.S. Customs and Border Protection is scheduled to implement two new status notifications to help the trade in matching Importer Security Filing bills of lading with ocean manifest filings. The new notifications will be sent to Automated Manifest System (AMS) filers beginning May 27, 2009 at approximately 9:00 a.m. EDT.

(Security Filing, commonly known as the 10+2 initiative, is a CBP regulation that requires importers and vessel operating carriers to provide additional advance trade data to CBP.)

Trade Requested the Notifications, Are for Informational Purposes Only

These new notifications were created at the request of the trade and are for informational purposes only. The issuer of the bill of lading (BOL) (carrier or NVOCC) will not be provided the actual security filing data elements. Further, the vessel operator, vessel operating carrier and NVOCC are not required by CBP to verify that a security filing has been filed against a bill of lading.

New ISF Status Notifications to Provide Information on BOL Matches

Upon the submission of an ISF, CBP attempts to match the House or Regular BOLs provided therein against those submitted in a manifest filing. Similarly, upon the submission of a manifest filing, CBP attempts to match the House or Regular BOLs therein against those submitted in ISFs. This match does not occur for Master BOLs.

When First Successful Match Occurs, "Security Filing on File" to be Transmitted

When the first successful match occurs, CBP will transmit a status notification message to the issuer of the BOL (carrier or NVOCC) and all secondary notify parties. The status notification message will be transmitted in CAMIR RC or X.12 350 format (based on the participants established communication syntax), and will contain new disposition code '3Z' and description 'SECURITY FILING ON FILE'. Subsequent matches of ISFs against that manifested BOL will not result in additional status notification messages containing the 3Z disposition code.

If a Matched ISF is Deleted, "Security Filing Deleted" to be Transmitted

Conversely, if an ISF that was previously matched to a manifested BOL is deleted by the ISF filer, and there are no other ISFs matched to that BOL, a status notification message will be sent containing new disposition code 3U and description SECURITY FILING DELETED. Should a subsequently filed ISF cite that BOL, a 3Z status notification will again be issued.