CBP Posts Changes to CATAIR on PGA Message Set Codes

U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted documents on changes to the Customs and Trade Interface Requirements (CATAIR) Appendix G, which lists common errors. Changes include the addition of a new code list for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), and removed code related to ‘Importation & Transportation of Controlled Material & Organisms and Vectors Restriction and Precaution statement (VS16-6)’, etc. CBP also recently posted the change record for the CATAIR chapter on the PGA Message Set.

(The PGA Message Set creates a single, harmonized set of information that will be collected electronically from international traders by CBP on behalf of the PGAs, thereby allowing CBP and the PGAs to make decisions about what cargo can come into the U.S. without the myriad of paper forms currently required.)

The CATAIR Appendix G changes are (here). The changes to the PGA Message set is (here).

CATAIR Appendix T, which provides codes and qualifiers for the PGA Message Set, is available (here).

CATAIR PGA Message Set Chapter is available (here).