CBP Announces New "Late ISF Importer Report"

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS Message announcing that a new Importer Security Filing (ISF) Report, the "Late ISF Importer Report (PDF)," is now available for importers and filers.¹ Users will need to subscribe to this new report.

CBP provides the following steps on how to subscribe to the new "Late ISF Importer Report (PDF):"

1. After logging onto the ACE Secure Data Portal, select the References Tab;
2. Select Launch ISF;
3. Select Reports;
4. Select Subscribe to Reports; and
5. Select the Late ISF Importer Report (PDF).

(In October 2011, CBP stated that it was continuing to roll out new ISF capabilities every month. For example, CBP stated it planned for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) ISF reports to be married to the ACE Portal importer reports for entry summaries. CBP also stated that it was looking at ISF query capability, such as bill of lading (BOL) status queries, as well as carrier reports, because carriers have not been able to receive their ISF compliance information to date. According to CBP, the lack of carriers' visibility to their compliance rating has been one of the several reasons CBP has been hesitant to enforce the ISF. See ITT's Online Archives 11100402 for summary.)

¹The CSMS message also reminds filers that the "By Filer By Importer Report" is available in both a PDF and an Excel format.

(See ITT's Online Archives 12011817 for summary of CBP's "BEST" goals to transform trade processes, which include the use of ISF pre-arrival.

See ITT's Online Archives 11120515 and 11111801 for summaries of the Simplified Entry pilot for the air mode, which uses the submission of ISF-like data and additional data elements.)

CBP provides additional information on the ISF here.

(CSMS #12-000031)