CBP Begins Requiring Advance Data on All International Mail From China
CBP is requiring Advance Electronic Data on all postal shipments from China to the U.S. beginning Jan. 1, 2019, it said in a CSMS message. That also applies to international mail from Hong Kong and Macau, as well as to…
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foreign postal operators that ship goods destined for the U.S. that originated in China, CBP said in the message for air and ocean carriers. “CBP would like the carriers to communicate with postal officials in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Macau to confirm that 100 percent of the containers with postal shipments contain AED before loading them onto their conveyance,” it said. “If the postal operator identifies to the carrier that a container does not have 100 percent AED, then the carrier should not accept that container,” it said. “Enforcement action on the shipments, which may include return of shipments without 100 percent AED, could begin at any time beginning January 1, 2019.” The STOP Act, or Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose Prevention Act, signed by President Donald Trump in October (see 1810240052), requires electronic data on all mail shipments from China by the beginning of 2019, and all mail shipments worldwide by 2020.