EAA members have developed innovative approach to automating exports

EAA members have developed a new approach to providing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) required information on exports leaving the United States that will significantly facilitate the agency’s risk management procedures while also ensuring timely delivery of the trade community’s goods.  The approach employs a progressive filing process, wherein shipment level information crucial to CBP risk assessment targeting is provided as early as possible in the supply chain.  The express industry wants this process to be programmed into the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) system to replace the current process for managing exports, which is a labor-intensive, manual effort that is inefficient for both the Government and the trade community.  EAA has briefed CBP on this new procedure, and agency officials feel the concept makes a valuable contribution to ongoing discussions to draft a new rule for export manifest.  EAA is urging CBP to accelerate actions to finalize the new rule and publish it, as it will allow a more expedited and cost efficient process for U.S. exporters.