COAC Recommends New CBP Process to Integrate Information in Multi-Modal Shipments
CBP should consider developing a new process to connect the “lowest level house bill of lading information” to the exporting carrier’s manifest for certain multi-modal exports, a Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee working group said this week. COAC’s Export Modernization Working Group, which outlined the recommendation during a March 29 COAC meeting, said the process would apply to multi-modal shipments “exporting the U.S. via land borders, for subsequent departure from non- U.S. air/seaports to foreign destinations.”
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COAC member David Corn said the recommendations resulted from “some very robust conversations about different scenarios that might be necessary for CBP to fill in some of the gaps for its targeting” efforts. “There's a lot in there,” Corn said of the recommendation. “But we are hopeful that in that exploration of that process, we'll be able to determine if this is something that is necessary at CBP or not.”
Corn also said the COAC continues to work with CBP on deploying a mandatory electronic export manifest system for rail, ocean and air shipments. Electronic manifest for trucks continues to be on a slightly slower timeline, Corn said. CBP is developing a truck manifest that aligns with Mexico and Canada, and Corn said he hopes to have more conversations with those two countries and CBP “soon” (see 2207290035).
“We hope to advance those conversations this quarter to get some final recommendations and data elements together to present to CBP for the June public meeting,” he said, “and to finalize our conversation for the truck focus group.”